demise

See also: démise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre; from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmaɪz/

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Noun

demise (plural demises)

1. (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
2. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
3. Death.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 124:

     Earth looked her loveliest to receive my sweet sister's gentle dust; but all was harsh and sullen as her own nature when Lady Avonleigh's haughty ashes returned to their original element. Immediately after her demise, her son went abroad, and I accompanied him.

4. The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

   The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise.

Related terms

• demission
• demit

Translations

the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years

• Bulgarian: прехвърляне (bg) n (prehvǎrljane)
• Dutch: overdracht (nl) m
• French: transfert (fr) m
• German: Verpachtung (de) f

• Occitan: transfèrt m, transferiment m
• Spanish: transferencia (es) m

transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor

• Bulgarian: предаване по наследство n (predavane po nasledstvo)
• Dutch: overdracht (nl) m
• French: transfert (fr) m, transmission (fr) f
• German: Übertragung (de) f, Besitzübertragung f

• Occitan: transfèrt m, transferiment, transmission (oc) f
• Russian: переда́ча по насле́дству f (peredáča po naslédstvu)

death — See also translations at death

• Afrikaans: dood (af)
• Armenian: մահ (hy) (mah), վախճան (hy) (vaxčan)
• Bulgarian: смърт (bg) f (smǎrt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逝世 (zh) (shìshì)

• Dutch: dood (nl) m
• Esperanto: morto (eo),forpaso
• Finnish: poismeno (fi), kuolema (fi)
• French: mort (fr) f
• German: Tod (de) m
• Hebrew: מוות‎ (he) (ma'vet)
• Italian: morte (it) f

• Kazakh: ажал (ajal)
• Maori: tāwhatitanga
• Occitan: mòrt (oc) f, décès m
• Persian: فوت‎ (fa) (fovt)
• Polish: zgon (pl) m, śmierć (pl) f
• Portuguese: morte (pt)
• Russian: кончи́на (ru) f (končína), смерть (ru) f (smertʹ), ги́бель (ru) f (gíbelʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàs m, caochladh m, eug m
• Spanish: defunción (es) f, óbito (es) m

end, downfall, or failure

• Catalan: desaparició (ca) f, caiguda (ca) f, fallida (ca) f
• Dutch: neergang (nl) m, falen (nl) n
• French: chute (fr) f, fin (fr) f, échec (fr) f, disparition (fr) f
• German: Untergang (de) m, Verschwinden (de) n, Niedergang (de) m, Scheitern (de) n
• Ido: falo (io), fino (io), nesuceso (io)

• Italian: falio
• Maori: whakahinganga
• Occitan: casuda (oc) f, fin (oc) f, malafin f, revirada (oc) f, fracàs (oc) m
• Spanish: desaparición (es) f, caída (es) f, quiebra (es) f, fin (es) m

Verb

demise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)

1. (transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
2. (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
3. (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
4. (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
5. (intransitive) To die.

Anagrams

• -semide, Eidems, Medise, demies, medise

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Czech

Etymology

From French démission, from Latin dēmissiō, from dēmittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɪsɛ]

Noun

demise f

1. resignation, abdication

   Synonyms: abdikace, rezignace

   podat demisi ― to resign

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	demise	demise
genitive	demise	demisí
dative	demisi	demisím
accusative	demisi	demise
vocative	demise	demise
locative	demisi	demisích
instrumental	demisí	demisemi

See also

• mise

Further reading

• demise in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• demise in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989