Demeter

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmiːtə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dəˈmiːtəɹ/, (nonstandard) /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.

   Coordinate term: (Roman counterpart) Ceres

2. (astronomy) 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

• Demeter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Demeter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Demeter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• "Demeter" in Charles Harrington Elster's Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, p. 137.

• metered

• Démétér

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

Demeter f (relational adjective Demeteřin)

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter (Greek goddess)

• “Demeter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

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• Hyphenation: De‧me‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Demeter

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈmeː.teːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪eˈmɛː.t̪er]

Dēmētēr f

1. Demeter

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Persephone
• Proserpina
• Posidon

• Demetra

Learned borrowing from Latin Demeter.

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈmɛ.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛr
• Syllabification: De‧me‧ter

Demeter f (indeclinable)

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter (goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone)
2. (astronomy) 1108 Demeter (main belt asteroid)

• Demeter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Demeter in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Hungarian Demeter.

Demeter m (genitive/dative lui Demeter)

1. a surname from Hungarian

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Derived from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdemecer]

Demeter m pers (genitive singular Demetra, nominative plural Demetrovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name
2. a surname

• Demo, Demko
• Dimo, Dimko
• Mitro
• Miťo, Miťko

• “Demeter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Demeter c (genitive Demeters)

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr)

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter