dimoni
Catalan
Alternative forms
- demoni (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), substantivised adjective from δαίμων (daímōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [diˈmɔ.ni]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔni
- Hyphenation: di‧mo‧ni
Noun
dimoni m (plural dimonis)
- demon
- devil
- Synonym: diable
- a cardinalfish of the genus Epigonus
Derived terms
- dimoni barbut
- dimoni gros
- dimoni petit
- dimoni xicotet
- dimonial
- dimoniet
- dimonis
Related terms
Further reading
- “dimoni” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “dimoni”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.