demon

See also: démon, dēmon, dêmon, and demön

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• daemon, dæmon (typically only used today for the sense of 'a Greek or Roman godling, chiefly British')
• daimon (typically only used in the sense of 'inner spirit' or 'personal guardian')

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.mən/

NounEdit

demon (plural demons)

1. An evil spirit.
2. A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god.
3. One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
4. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A genius, a lar, the protective spirit of a place, household, or individual.
5. A foible; a flaw in a person’s character.

   The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.

6. Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability.

   He’s a demon at the card tables.

7. (figuratively) Anything with malevolent effects.

   the demon drink

8. (slang, can be affectionate) A zealot for something.

   He's a real speed-demon when he skis.

Usage notesEdit

The original Greek and Roman meanings often employ synonyms or the variant spellings daimon or daemon to differentiate them from the more common ecclesiastical sense.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:ghost

Related termsEdit

• demonic
• demonize
• demoness

TranslationsEdit

evil spirit

• Albanian: djall (sq) m, shejtan (sq) m
• Amharic: ጋኔን (ganen)
• Arabic: شَيْطَان‏‎ m (šayṭān), إِبْلِيس‏‎ m (ʾiblīs)
• Armenian: դև (dew)
• Asturian: demoniu m
• Azeri: iblis (az), şeytan (az), cin (az)
• Bashkir: шайтан (šaytan), иблис (iblis)
• Belarusian: бес m (bjes), дэ́ман m (déman), чорт m (čort)
• Bengali: দৈত্য (doityô), শয়তান (śôytan), ইবলিশ (ibliś)
• Bulgarian: де́мон (bg) m (démon)
• Burmese: နတ်ဆိုး (my) (nathcui:)
• Catalan: dimoni (ca), diable (ca)
• Chamicuro: pac̈hic̈hi, sojpayi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邪魔 (zh) (xiémó), 魔鬼 (zh) (móguǐ), 惡魔 (zh), 恶魔 (zh) (èmó), 妖魔 (zh) (yāomó)

• Czech: démon
• Dalmatian: demun m
• Danish: dæmon c
• Dutch: demon (nl) m, demoon (nl) m
• Esperanto: demono
• Estonian: deemon (et)
• Finnish: demoni (fi), daimoni
• French: démon (fr) m
• Galician: demo (gl) m, demoño m
• Georgian: ავი სული (avi suli), ეშმაკი (ešmaḳi), დემონი (demoni)
• German: Dämon (de) m
• Greek: δαίμονας (el) m (daímonas), δαιμόνιο (el) m (daimónio)

  Ancient: δαίμων (demon) m

• Hebrew: שֵד‏‎ (he) m (shed)
• Hindi: दानव (hi) m (dānav), दैत्य (hi) m (daitya), देव (hi) m (dev), शैतान (hi) m (śaitān), राक्षस (hi) m (rākṣas), इब्लीस m (iblīs)
• Hungarian: démon (hu)
• Indonesian: siluman (id)
• Irish: deamhan m
• Istriot: damognio m
• Italian: demone (it) m, demonio (it) m
• Japanese: 悪魔 (ja) (あくま, akuma), 鬼 (ja) (おに, oni), デーモン (dēmon), 妖魔 (ja) (ようま, yōma)
• Kazakh: әзәзіл (äzäzil), жын (kk) (jın), әбілет (äbilet), ібіліс (ibilis), иблис (ïblïs)
• Khmer: ទេត្យ (km) (tɛɛt), បិសាច (km) (bəysaac), ពីង (km) (piiŋ), របាល (km) (rɔbaal), អសុរា (a’so’raa)
• Korean: 데몬 (demon), 악귀 (ko) (akgwi) (惡鬼), 요마 (yoma), 악마 (ko) (angma)
• Kyrgyz: шайтан (ky) (şaytan), демон (demon), жин (ky) (cin), азезил (ky) (azezil), иблис (iblis)
• Lao: ຍັກ (nyak), ບໍຣະສາດ (bǭ ra sāt), ຜີ (phī), ພາຽ (phāi), ຣັກຂະສະ (rak kha sa), ສວງ (sūang), ສັກສາດ (sak sāt), ອະມະນຸດ ('a ma nut), ອະສຸລະ ('a su la), ປີສາດຮ້າຍ (pī sāt hāi), ຜີປະກຳ (phī pa kam), ຜີເສື້ອ (phī sư̄a)
• Latin: daemon (la) m
• Latvian: dēmons m, velns m
• Lithuanian: demonas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Dämon
• Macedonian: демон m (demon)
• Malay: raksasa (ms), syaitan, iblis

• Maltese: xitan m, mingħul m
• Manx: jouyl
• Maore Comorian: djini class 5/6
• Maori: tipua, tupua
• Moksha: демон (demon)
• Mongolian: бүг (mn) (büg), чөтгөр (mn) (čötgör)
• Navajo: chʼį́įdii
• Ngarrindjeri: muldarpi
• Ngazidja Comorian: djini class 5/6
• Norman: dêmon m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: demon m

  Nynorsk: demon m

• Old Portuguese: demo, demonio, diaboo, diablo, diabre
• Persian: شیطان‏‎ (fa) (šeytân), دیو‏‎ (fa) (dêv), ابلیس‏‎ (fa) (eblis)
• Polish: demon (pl) m
• Portuguese: demónio (pt) m (Portugal), demônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Quechua: supay (qu)
• Romanian: demon (ro) m
• Russian: бес (ru) m (bes), де́мон (ru) m (démon), чёрт (ru) m (čort), шайта́н (ru) m (šajtán) (Muslim)
• Sanskrit: राक्षस (sa) m (rākṣasa)
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ (bhut)
• Scottish Gaelic: deamhan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демон m

  Roman: demon (sh) m

• Slovak: démon
• Slovene: demon (sl) m
• Spanish: demonio (es)
• Sumerian: 𒀉𒉺 (Á.PA)
• Swahili: pepo (sw)
• Swedish: demon (sv) c
• Tagalog: demonyo (tl)
• Tajik: шайтон (tg) (šayton), дев (dev), иблис (iblis)
• Tatar: шайтан (tt) (şaytan), иблис (tt) (iblis), җен (tt) (cen)
• Thai: มาร (th) (maan), ปิศาจ (bpì-sàat), ภูต (th) (pûut), มาห์ (th) (maa), อสูร (à-sǔun), เปรต (th) (bprèet), แทตย์ (tɛ̂ɛt), ปีศาจร้าย, อสุรกาย (à-sù-rá-gaai), ภูติผีปีศาจ, ภูตผีปิศาจ
• Turkish: demon, iblis (tr), şeytan (tr), cin (tr)
• Turkmen: şeýtan, iblis
• Ukrainian: біс (uk) m (bis), де́мон m (démon), чорт m (čort)
• Urdu: ديو‏‎ m (dev), شیطان‏‎ m (śaitān), ابلیس‏‎ (ur) m (iblīs)
• Uyghur: شەيتان‏‎ (sheytan), ئىبلىس‏‎ (iblis)
• Uzbek: shayton (uz), jin (uz), iblis (uz)
• Vietnamese: quỷ (vi), ma quỷ (vi), yêu ma (vi), ma quái (vi), ác quỷ
• Welsh: cythraul (cy)
• West Frisian: koarthakke
• Yoruba: eṣu, èṣù

fallen angel or Satanic divinity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡魔 (zh), 恶魔 (zh) (èmó)

• French: diable (fr) m
• Georgian: დემონი (demoni), ეშმაკი (ešmaḳi)
• German: Dämon (de) m
• Haitian Creole: dyab
• Hebrew: שָׂטָן‏‎ (he) m (satán)
• Hindi: राक्षस (hi) m (rākṣas)
• Indonesian: iblis (id), setan (id), dajal (id)
• Italian: Il Demonio m
• Japanese: 悪魔 (ja) (あくま, akuma)

• Moksha: демон (demon)
• Ngazidja Comorian: djini class 5/6
• Portuguese: demónio (pt) m (Portugal), demônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: drac (ro) m, драк m
• Russian: бес (ru) m (bes), де́мон (ru) m (démon), чёрт (ru) m (čort)
• Sanskrit: राक्षस (sa) m (rākṣasa)
• Scottish Gaelic: deamhan m
• Swahili: pepo (sw)
• Swedish: demon (sv) c, djävul (sv) c
• Thai: มาร (th) (maan)

inner spirit or genius

• Hebrew: מגיד‏‎ m (magid)
• Italian: demonio (it) m
• Portuguese: demónio (pt)

• Russian: дух (ru) m (dux)
• Swahili: pepo (sw)

person with demonic energy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡魔 (zh), 恶魔 (zh) (èmó)

• Hebrew: שֵד‏‎ (he) m (shed)
• Hindi: राक्षस (hi) m (rākṣas)
• Italian: demonio (it) m
• Japanese: 鬼 (ja) (おに, oni)

• Romanian: (figuratively) demon m
• Sanskrit: राक्षस (sa) m (rākṣasa)
• Swahili: shetani (sw)
• Swedish: baddare (sv) c, överdängare c
• Telugu: రాక్షసుడు (te) (rākṣasuḍu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: deemon (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Latin: daemon (1, 2)

• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} राक्षस m (rākṣas)
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} þyrs

See alsoEdit

• imp
• succubus
• vampire
• angel
• hell
• possession
• possessed
• dragon
• werewolf
• devil
• larva

AnagramsEdit

• Emond, monde, moned

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: de‧mon

EtymologyEdit

From Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

NounEdit

demon m (plural demonen or demons)

1. demon

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FinnishEdit

NounEdit

demon

1. Genitive singular form of demo.

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• dēmum

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mon/, [ˈdeː.mõ]

NounEdit

dēmon m

1. accusative singular of dēmos

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

NounEdit

demon m (definite singular demonen, indefinite plural demoner, definite plural demonene)

1. a demon

Related termsEdit

• demonisk

ReferencesEdit

• “demon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

NounEdit

demon m (definite singular demonen, indefinite plural demonar, definite plural demonane)

1. a demon

Related termsEdit

• demonisk

ReferencesEdit

• “demon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɛmɔn̪/

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

demon m anim

1. demon

DeclensionEdit

declension of demon

	singular	plural
nominative	demon	demony
genitive	demona	demonów
dative	demonowi	demonom
accusative	demona	demony
instrumental	demonem	demonami
locative	demonie	demonach
vocative	demonie	demony

Derived termsEdit

• demoniczny, demonicznie
• demonizować
• demonologia

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RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• dimon (regional, Moldova)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Greek δαίμονας (daímonas), partly through the intermediate of (South) Slavic demonĭ. Compare also Aromanian demun.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈdemon]

NounEdit

demon m (plural demoni)

1. demon
2. (figuratively) a despicable person

DeclensionEdit

declension of demon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) demon	demonul	(niște) demoni	demonii
genitive/dative	(unui) demon	demonului	(unor) demoni	demonilor
vocative	demonule		demonilor

SynonymsEdit

• diavol
• drac

AntonymsEdit

• înger
• sfânt

Related termsEdit

• demonic

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Greek δαίμονας (daímonas).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /děmoːn/
• Hyphenation: de‧mon

NounEdit

dèmōn m (Cyrillic spelling дѐмо̄н)

1. demon

DeclensionEdit

Declension of demon

	singular	plural
nominative	dèmōn	demoni
genitive	demóna	demona
dative	demonu	demonima
accusative	demona	demone
vocative	demone	demoni
locative	demonu	demonima
instrumental	demonom	demonima

Derived termsEdit

• dèmōnskī