German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːmo/, /ˈdɛmo/
• Hyphenation: De‧mo

Noun

Demo f ‎(genitive Demo, plural Demos)

1. (politics) Short for Demonstration.

Declension

Etymology 2

From English demo, demo tape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːmo/
• Hyphenation: De‧mo

Noun

Demo n ‎(genitive Demos or Demo, plural Demos)

1. (music) Short for Demotape.

Declension

English

Noun

demo ‎(plural demos)

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

   After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.

3. an example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount
4. a march or gathering to make a political protest
5. (computing) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
6. (computing, demoscene) a non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
   • 1996, "John Bus", Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party! (on newsgroup alt.sys.amiga.demos)

     This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you.

   • 2007, Game Face (issues 21-25)

     Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet […]

   • 2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1

     A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew […]

7. Democrat.
8. Demographic.
9. Demolition.

Translations

Verb

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

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

   The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.

2. To demonstrate.
3. 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 1932272054), 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, mode

Finnish

(index d)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧mo

Noun

demo

1. demo (brief demonstration)

Declension

Derived terms

• demoskene

Italian

Noun

demo m ‎(plural demi)

1. demo
2. deme

Anagrams

• mode

Japanese

Romanization

demo

1. rōmaji reading of でも

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.moː/

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. I remove, take away, or subtract

Conjugation

Derived terms

• demptiō
• vīndēmia

Descendants

• Asturian: demer, dimir

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

dēmō

1. dative singular of dēmos
2. 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “demo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    
  • to make a thing credible: fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp. demere, de-, abrogare fidem)
    
  • to deliver some one from slavery: iugum servile alicui demere
    
• demo in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• demo in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old 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
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     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
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.mu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mo/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

Synonyms

• capeta, demónio, diabo, diabrete

Etymology 2

From English demo, from demonstration.

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

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

Adjective

demo ‎(plural demos, not comparable)

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

Spanish

Noun

demo m ‎(plural demos)

1. (music) demo