demon

See also démon

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• daemon, dæmon (these spellings are generally only found for the senses of inner spirit and divinity of Greek mythology)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daimōn, “god, goddess, divine power”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdiː.mən/, X-SAMPA: /"di:.m@n/

Noun

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) A spirit or lesser divinity between men and gods.
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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ghost

Related terms

• demonic
• demonize
• demoness

Translations

evil spirit

• Albanian: djall (sq) m
• Armenian: դև (hy) (dev)
• Belarusian: бес (be) (bes) m, дэман (be) (déman) m, чорт (be) (čort) m
• Bulgarian: демон (bg) (démon) m
• Catalan: dimoni (ca), diable (ca)
• Chamicuro: pac̈hic̈hi, sojpayi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邪魔 (cmn) (xiémó), 魔鬼 (cmn) (móguǐ), 惡魔 (cmn), 恶魔 (cmn) (èmó)

• Czech: démon (cs)
• Dalmatian: demun m
• Danish: dæmon (da)
• Dutch: demon (nl) m, demoon (nl) m
• Esperanto: demono (eo)
• Estonian: deemon (et)
• Finnish: demoni (fi), daimoni (fi)
• French: démon (fr) m
• German: Dämon (de) m
• Greek: δαίμονας (el) (démonas) m, δαιμόνιο (el) (daimónio) m

  Ancient: δαίμων (demon) m

• Hungarian: démon (hu)
• Indonesian: siluman (id)
• Irish: deamhan (ga) 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 (ja) (dēmon)
• Korean: 데몬 (ko) (demon), 악귀 (ko) (akgwi) (惡鬼 (ko))
• Latin: daemon (la) m
• Latvian: dēmons (lv)
• Lithuanian: demonas (lt)

• Luxembourgish: Dämon (lb)
• Manx: jouyl (gv)
• Moksha: демон
• Navajo: chʼį́įdii
• Ngarrindjeri: muldarpi
• Norwegian: demon (no)
• Old Portuguese: demo, demonio, diaboo, diablo, diabre
• Polish: demon (pl) m
• Portuguese: demónio (pt) m, demônio (pt) m
• Romanian: demon (ro) m
• Russian: бес (ru) (bes) m, демон (ru) (démon) m, чёрт (ru) (čort) m
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ (bhut)
• Scottish Gaelic: deamhan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демон (sh) m

  Roman: demon (sh) m

• Slovak: démon (sk)
• Slovene: demon (sl) m
• Spanish: demonio (es)
• Sumerian: 𒀉𒉺 (Á.PA)
• Swahili: pepo (sw)
• Swedish: demon (sv) c
• Tagalog: demonyo
• Thai: มาร (th) (mār)
• Turkish: demon (tr)
• Ukrainian: біс (uk) (bis) m, демон (uk) (démon) m, чорт (uk) (čort) m
• Vietnamese: quỷ (vi)
• Welsh: cythraul
• West Frisian: koarthakke (fy)

fallen angel or Satanic divinity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡魔 (cmn), 恶魔 (cmn) (èmó)

• German: Dämon (de) m
• Hindi: राक्षस (hi) (rākṣas) m
• Italian: Il Demonio m
• Japanese: 悪魔 (ja) (あくま, akuma)
• Moksha: демон

• Romanian: drac (ro) m, драк (ro) m
• Russian: бес (ru) (bes) m, демон (ru) (démon) m, чёрт (ru) (čort) m
• Sanskrit: राक्षस (sa) (rākṣasa) m
• Scottish Gaelic: deamhan m
• Swahili: pepo (sw)
• Swedish: demon (sv) c, djävul (sv) c
• Thai: มาร (th) (mār)

inner spirit or genius

• Italian: demonio (it) m
• Russian: дух (ru) (dux) m

• Swahili: pepo (sw)

person with demonic energy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡魔 (cmn), 恶魔 (cmn) (èmó)

• Hindi: राक्षस (rākshas) m
• Italian: demonio (it) m
• Japanese: 鬼 (ja) (おに, oni)

• Romanian: (figuratively) demon m
• Sanskrit: राक्षस (rākshas) m
• Swahili: shetani (sw)
• Swedish: baddare (sv) c, överdängare (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

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

• Marathi: राक्षस (rākshas)
• Old English: þyrs

See also

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

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Dutch

Noun

demon m (plural demonen or demons)

1. demon

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Finnish

Noun

demon

1. Genitive singular form of demo.

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈd̪ɛmɔn̪/

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Noun

demon m

1. demon

Declension

    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 terms

• demoniczny, demonicznie
• demonizować
• demonologia

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Romanian

Etymology

From Greek δαίμονας (daímonas).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdemon]

Noun

demon m (plural demoni)

1. demon
2. (figuratively) a despicable person

Declension

declension of demon

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un demon	demonul	niște demoni	demonii
genitive/dative	unui demon	demonului	unor demoni	demonilor

Synonyms

• diavol
• drac

Antonyms

• înger
• sfânt

Related terms

• demonic

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /děmoːn/
• Hyphenation: de‧mon

Noun

dèmōn m (Cyrillic spelling дѐмо̄н)

1. demon

Declension

    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 terms

• dèmōnskī