dément

See also: dement

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demens, dementem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.mɑ̃/

Noun

dément m (plural déments, feminine démente)

1. One who suffers from dementia, who is insane.

Adjective

dément (feminine démente, masculine plural déments, feminine plural démentes)

1. (about a person) Demented, insane, lunatic.
2. (figuratively, familiar) Which is beyond reason, unbelievable.

Verb

dément

1. third-person singular present indicative of démentir

Further reading

• “dément”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.