dementi

dé·men·ti

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [dey-mahn-tee; French dey-mahn-tee]
- /deɪˈmɑn ti; French deɪ mɑ̃ˈti/
- /ˌdeɪ.mɑːŋ.ˈtiː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-mahn-tee; French dey-mahn-tee]
- /deɪˈmɑn ti; French deɪ mɑ̃ˈti/

Definitions of dementi word

noun dementi an official denial or contradiction 3
noun plural dementi an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it. 1
noun dementi denial (of a rumour). 0
verb dementi past participle of démentir. 0

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Origin of dementi

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

1585-95; < French: literally, contradiction, past participle of démentir to deny, Old French desmentir, equivalent to des- dis-1 + mentir to lie < Latin mentīrī

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Parts of speech for Dementi

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dementi

dementi popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dementi usage trend in Literature

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