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deman

/dˈimən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
de-man
IPA
/dˈimən/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sack employees from.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English deman From de- + man.

Usage

Inflected Forms

demans (present, singular) demanning (participle, present) demanned (participle, past) demanned (past)

Rhymes With

demon freeman semen lehman seaman seamen daemon neiman eamon riemann leman niemann

Questions

How do you pronounce deman?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈimən/.
What does deman mean?
To sack employees from.
Where does deman come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English deman From de- + man.

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