demise

See also: démise

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin demissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō, apparently via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmaɪz/

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.
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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: transfèrt m, transferiment, transmission f
• Russian: переда́ча по насле́дству f (peredáča po naslédstvu)

death — see also 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
• Finnish: poismeno (fi), kuolema (fi)
• French: mort (fr) f
• Italian: morte (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

end, downfall, or failure

• 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
• Maori: whakahinganga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: casuda (oc) f, fin (oc) f, malafin f, revirada (oc) f, fracàs (oc) m
• Spanish: desaparición (es) f, caída (es) f

Verb

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

• 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

See also

• mise