Demeter

See also: Deméter, Demèter, Déméter, and Démétér

English

Demeter

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmiːtə/
• IPA^(key): /dəˈmiːtəɹ/, (nonstandard) /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/

Proper noun

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone. Her Roman counterpart is Ceres.
2. (astronomy) 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

Greek goddess of the harvest

• Albanian: Demetra f
• Arabic: ديميتر f (dimitir)
• Aragonese: Deméter f, Demetra f
• Armenian: Դեմետրա (hy) (Demetra)
• Asturian: Deméter f, Demetra f
• Azerbaijani: Demetra
• Belarusian: Дэметра f (Demjetra)
• Bengali: দেমেতের (demeter)
• Bulgarian: Деметра f (Demetra)
• Catalan: Demèter f, Demetra f
• Cherokee: ᏗᎻᏔ (Demita)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 得墨忒耳 (Démòtè'ěr)

• Czech: Démétér f, Demeter f
• Esperanto: Demetra
• French: Déméter (fr) f
• Galician: Deméter f
• Georgian: დემეტრა (demeṭra)
• German: Demeter (de) f
• Greek: Δήμητρα (el) f (Dímitra)

  Ancient: Δημήτηρ f (Dēmḗtēr)

• Hebrew: דֵמֵטֵר f
• Hindi: डिमीटर f (ḍimīṭar)
• Hungarian: Démétér
• Inuktitut: ᑎᒦᑎᕐ (timiitir)
• Irish: Déiméitéir m
• Italian: Demetra f
• Japanese: デメテル (Demeteru)
• Kazakh: Деметра (Demetra)
• Korean: 데메테르 (ko) (Demetereu)
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• Latin: Dēmētēr (la) f
• Latvian: Dēmetra f
• Lithuanian: Demetra f
• Macedonian: Деметра f (Demetra)
• Malayalam: ഡിമീറ്റർ (ḍimīṟṟaṟ)
• Marathi: डिमिटर (ḍimiṭar)
• Occitan: Demetèr f
• Polish: Demeter (pl) f
• Portuguese: Deméter (pt) f, Demetra (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਡੇਮੀਟਰ (ḍemīṭar)
• Romanian: Demetra f
• Russian: Деме́тра (ru) f (Demétra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дѐметра f

  Cyrillic: Деметра (Demetra)

  Roman: Dèmetra (sh) f

• Sicilian: Demetra f
• Slovak: Demeter f, Démétér f
• Slovene: Demetra (sl) f
• Spanish: Demetra f, Deméter (es)
• Swahili: Demetra, Demita
• Swedish: Demeter (sv) c
• Tamil: டிமிடர் (ṭimiṭar)
• Tatar: Demetra
• Thai: ดิมีเทอร์ (dì mee têr)
• Turkish: Demeter (tr)
• Ukrainian: Деме́тра f (Demétra)
• Uzbek:

  Roman: Demetra

• Veps: Demetra

asteroid

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References

• "Demeter" at Oxford Dictionaries Online
• “Demeter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• "Demeter" in Charles Harrington Elster's Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, p. 137.

Anagrams

• metered

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Démétér

Proper noun

Demeter f

1. Demeter (Greek goddess)

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: De‧me‧ter

Proper noun

Demeter

1. a male given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Demeter	Demeterek
accusative	Demetert	Demetereket
dative	Demeternek	Demetereknek
instrumental	Demeterrel	Demeterekkel
causal-final	Demeterért	Demeterekért
translative	Demeterré	Demeterekké
terminative	Demeterig	Demeterekig
essive-formal	Demeterként	Demeterekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Demeterben	Demeterekben
superessive	Demeteren	Demetereken
adessive	Demeternél	Demetereknél
illative	Demeterbe	Demeterekbe
sublative	Demeterre	Demeterekre
allative	Demeterhez	Demeterekhez
elative	Demeterből	Demeterekből
delative	Demeterről	Demeterekről
ablative	Demetertől	Demeterektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Demeteré	Demetereké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Demeteréi	Demeterekéi

Possessive forms of Demeter
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Demeterem	Demeterjeim
2nd person sing.	Demetered	Demeterjeid
3rd person sing.	Demeterje	Demeterjei
1st person plural	Demeterünk	Demeterjeink
2nd person plural	Demeteretek	Demeterjeitek
3rd person plural	Demeterjük	Demeterjeik

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Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɛtɛr/

Proper noun

Demeter m (genitive singular Demetra, nominative plural Demetrovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Demeter

	singular	plural
nominative	Demeter	Demetrovia
genitive	Demetra	Demetrov
dative	Demetrovi	Demetrom
accusative	Demetra	Demetrov
locative	Demetrovi	Demetroch
instrumental	Demetrom	Demetrami

Derived terms

• Demo, Demko
• Dimo, Dimko
• Mitro
• Miťo, Miťko

Further reading

• “Demeter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024