demo

English Online Dictionary. What means demo‎? What does demo mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm.oʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛməʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

Noun

demo (plural demos)

2. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
4. (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.

6. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.

   Synonym: floor model

8. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

   Synonyms: march, demonstration
10. (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.

12. (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
14. (informal) A democrat.
16. (informal, collective) A demographic group.
18. (informal, especially construction and DIY) Demolition.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Portuguese: demo

Translations

Adjective

demo (not comparable)

1. (of a commercial product) designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing.

Etymology 2

Clipping of demonstrate.

Verb

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

1. (informal) To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.

2. (informal) To demonstrate.

Etymology 3

Clipping of demolish.

Verb

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

1. (informal) To demolish (especially a house or fixture).
   • 2004 June 29, Sonja, Salvage Materials before Demolition of House, quoted in The Owner-Builder Book: Construction Bargain Strategies →ISBN, page 336:

     This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.

Anagrams

• Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, dome, mode

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English demo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdemo/, [ˈde̞mo̞]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Hyphenation^(key): de‧mo

Noun

demo

1. demo (brief demonstration)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “demo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Edmo, mode

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese demõ (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mo̝/

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: diabo, diaño

2. (uncountable) the Devil
3. (figurative) an evil person

   O demo ós seus quer. (proverb) ― Devil loves his own people.

4. (figurative) a playful kid

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “demo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “demo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “demo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “demo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “demo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: dè‧mo

Noun

demo m (plural demi)

1. demo
2. deme

Anagrams

• medo, mode

Japanese

Romanization

demo

1. Rōmaji transcription of でも

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.moː/, [ˈd̪eːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mo/, [ˈd̪ɛːmo]

Etymology 1

From dē- (“from, away from, out of”) +‎ emō (“I acquire, I obtain”).

Verb

dēmō (present infinitive dēmere, perfect active dēmpsī, supine dēmptum); third conjugation

1. to remove, take away, or subtract

   Synonyms: rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, removeō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, āmoveō, āvertō, eximō, legō, abdō

2. (with Dative or with dē + Ablative) to withhold, take away, subtract from

Conjugation

Derived terms

• demptiō
• vīndēmia

Descendants

• → Asturian: demer, dimir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dēmō

1. dative/ablative singular of dēmos

References

• “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• demo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “demo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[5]
• “demo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demu/

Noun

demo m (definite singular demoen, indefinite plural demoar, definite plural demoane)

1. (music) a demo (e.g. a music album)
2. (informal, politics) short form of demonstrasjon

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.mo/

Noun

demo m (plural demões)

1. (uncountable, Christianity) the Devil; Satan

   • Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.

2. a devil; a demon

   • e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Synonyms

• (Satan): diabo, Locifer, satanas
• (devil): demonio, diablo, diaboo, diabre

Descendants

• Galician: demo
• Portuguese: demo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese demo (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: capeta, demónio, diabo, diabrete

Etymology 2

From English demo, from demonstration.

Pronunciation

Noun

demo f (plural demos)

1. (computing) demo (a software edition of limited functionality)

Adjective

demo m or f (plural demos, not comparable)

1. (computing, of a software) of limited functionality

Spanish

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. (music) demo

Further reading

• “demo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10