demo

See also: Demo, démo, demó, demo-, de mo, and démo-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm.oʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛməʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

Noun

demo (plural demos)

2. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.

   The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.

   • 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33:

     ER received the first of its own HSTs on September 7 1977, with a handover taking place at York. It then worked a demo run to Darlington with power cars 43057 and 43056.

4. (informal) 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.

6. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.

   Synonym: floor model

8. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

   Synonyms: march, demonstration

   • 2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     Elli standing there, takes a sip of her tea, fixes hostile eyes on Somraj and says, ‘Well, what are you waiting for? You signed the petition against yourself, will you now join our demo against you?’

10. (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.

    The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.

12. (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
    • 1995, dro...@vnet.ibm.com, “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):

      Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!

    • 1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):

      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, numbers 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 […]

14. (informal) A democrat.
16. (informal, collective) A demographic group.
    • 2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books‎^[1], volume 22, number 18, →ISSN:

      No more ‘is it good?’ or even ‘is it original?’, only ‘does it work in the demo?’ – ‘demo’ as in ‘demographics’, not to be confused with ‘democracy’, much less ‘demonstration’.

    • 2005, Market Watch, page 41:

      Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.

    • 2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine‎^[2]:

      Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used. Demo ratings are how linear networks measure success; taste communities are the tool Netflix relies on to drive viewers to new material it estimates they might want to watch.

18. (informal, especially construction and DIY) Demolition.

    The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.

Derived terms

• counterdemo
• democoder
• demofreak
• demogroup
• demolike
• demomaker
• demomaking
• demoparty
• demo reel
• demoscene
• demostyle
• demo tape
• demoware
• dentro
• eurodemo
• megademo
• minidemo
• Philodemician
• rolling demo
• trackmo

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: demo

Translations

a brief demonstration or visual explanation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示範／示范 (zh) (shìfàn)

• Dutch: demo (nl) m, demonstratie (nl) f
• French: démo (fr) f, démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f
• Hungarian: demó (hu)
• Italian: demo (it)
• Japanese: デモ (ja) (demo)
• Korean: 데모 (demo)
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
• Yiddish: משל m (moshl)

a short recording of a song etc for publicity

• Dutch: demo (nl) m
• French: démo (fr) f
• Greek: ντέμο n (ntémo)
• Italian: demo (it) f
• Portuguese: demo (pt) f
• Russian: демо (ru) n (demo), демоза́пись (ru) f (demozápisʹ)

an example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount

• Dutch: demo (nl) m
• French: démo (fr) f
• Hebrew: דמו m
• Polish: reklamówka (pl) f

a march or gathering to make a political protest

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示威 (zh) (shìwēi)

• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• French: démonstration (fr) f, manif (fr) f (informal)
• Greek: διαδήλωση (el) f (diadílosi)
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f, manifestazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモ (ja) (demo)
• Korean: 데모 (demo)
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), ше́ствие (ru) n (šéstvije)
• Spanish: mani (es) f

Adjective

demo (not comparable)

1. (of a commercial product) designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing.
   • December 21, 2022, u/[deleted], Reddit r/peopleofwalmart:

     This Nutty Kid leavin' 'Crazy Face Selfies' On Demo Products...

Etymology 2

Clipping of demonstrate.

Verb

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

1. (informal) 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. (informal) To demonstrate.

Etymology 3

Clipping of demolish.

Verb

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

1. (informal) 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, 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, Medo-, dome, mode

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English demo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdemo/, [ˈde̞mo̞]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Hyphenation^(key): de‧mo

Noun

demo

1. demo (brief demonstration)

Declension

Inflection of demo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		demo	demot
genitive		demon	demojen
partitive		demoa	demoja
illative		demoon	demoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		demo	demot
accusative	nom.	demo	demot
	gen.	demon
genitive		demon	demojen
partitive		demoa	demoja
inessive		demossa	demoissa
elative		demosta	demoista
illative		demoon	demoihin
adessive		demolla	demoilla
ablative		demolta	demoilta
allative		demolle	demoille
essive		demona	demoina
translative		demoksi	demoiksi
abessive		demotta	demoitta
instructive		—	demoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of demo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative demoni demoni accusative nom. demoni demoni gen. demoni genitive demoni demojeni partitive demoani demojani inessive demossani demoissani elative demostani demoistani illative demooni demoihini adessive demollani demoillani ablative demoltani demoiltani allative demolleni demoilleni essive demonani demoinani translative demokseni demoikseni abessive demottani demoittani instructive — — comitative — demoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative demosi demosi accusative nom. demosi demosi gen. demosi genitive demosi demojesi partitive demoasi demojasi inessive demossasi demoissasi elative demostasi demoistasi illative demoosi demoihisi adessive demollasi demoillasi ablative demoltasi demoiltasi allative demollesi demoillesi essive demonasi demoinasi translative demoksesi demoiksesi abessive demottasi demoittasi instructive — — comitative — demoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative demomme demomme accusative nom. demomme demomme gen. demomme genitive demomme demojemme partitive demoamme demojamme inessive demossamme demoissamme elative demostamme demoistamme illative demoomme demoihimme adessive demollamme demoillamme ablative demoltamme demoiltamme allative demollemme demoillemme essive demonamme demoinamme translative demoksemme demoiksemme abessive demottamme demoittamme instructive — — comitative — demoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative demonne demonne accusative nom. demonne demonne gen. demonne genitive demonne demojenne partitive demoanne demojanne inessive demossanne demoissanne elative demostanne demoistanne illative demoonne demoihinne adessive demollanne demoillanne ablative demoltanne demoiltanne allative demollenne demoillenne essive demonanne demoinanne translative demoksenne demoiksenne abessive demottanne demoittanne instructive — — comitative — demoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative demonsa demonsa accusative nom. demonsa demonsa gen. demonsa genitive demonsa demojensa partitive demoaan demoansa demojaan demojansa inessive demossaan demossansa demoissaan demoissansa elative demostaan demostansa demoistaan demoistansa illative demoonsa demoihinsa adessive demollaan demollansa demoillaan demoillansa ablative demoltaan demoltansa demoiltaan demoiltansa allative demolleen demollensa demoilleen demoillensa essive demonaan demonansa demoinaan demoinansa translative demokseen demoksensa demoikseen demoiksensa abessive demottaan demottansa demoittaan demoittansa instructive — — comitative — demoineen demoinensa

Derived terms

• demota

 

compounds

• demonauha

 

Related terms

• demoskene

 

Further reading

• “demo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Edmo, mode

Galician

Demos ("demons"), 15th century, church of Labrada, Guitiriz, Galicia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mo̝/

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: diabo, diaño

2. (uncountable) the Devil
3. (figurative) an evil person

   O demo ós seus quer. (proverb) ― Devil loves his own people.

4. (figurative) a playful kid

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “demo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “demo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “demo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “demo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “demo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: dè‧mo

Noun

demo m (plural demi)

1. demo
2. deme

Anagrams

• medo, mode

Japanese

Romanization

demo

1. Rōmaji transcription of でも

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.moː/, [ˈd̪eːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mo/, [ˈd̪ɛːmo]

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. to remove, take away, or subtract

   Synonyms: rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, removeō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, āmoveō, āvertō, eximō, legō, abdō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmō	dēmis	dēmit	dēmimus	dēmitis	dēmunt
	imperfect	dēmēbam	dēmēbās	dēmēbat	dēmēbāmus	dēmēbātis	dēmēbant
	future	dēmam	dēmēs	dēmet	dēmēmus	dēmētis	dēment
	perfect	dēmpsī	dēmpsistī	dēmpsit	dēmpsimus	dēmpsistis	dēmpsērunt, dēmpsēre
	pluperfect	dēmpseram	dēmpserās	dēmpserat	dēmpserāmus	dēmpserātis	dēmpserant
	future perfect	dēmpserō	dēmpseris	dēmpserit	dēmpserimus	dēmpseritis	dēmpserint
passive	present	dēmor	dēmeris, dēmere	dēmitur	dēmimur	dēmiminī	dēmuntur
	imperfect	dēmēbar	dēmēbāris, dēmēbāre	dēmēbātur	dēmēbāmur	dēmēbāminī	dēmēbantur
	future	dēmar	dēmēris, dēmēre	dēmētur	dēmēmur	dēmēminī	dēmentur
	perfect	dēmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmam	dēmās	dēmat	dēmāmus	dēmātis	dēmant
	imperfect	dēmerem	dēmerēs	dēmeret	dēmerēmus	dēmerētis	dēmerent
	perfect	dēmpserim	dēmpserīs	dēmpserit	dēmpserīmus	dēmpserītis	dēmpserint
	pluperfect	dēmpsissem	dēmpsissēs	dēmpsisset	dēmpsissēmus	dēmpsissētis	dēmpsissent
passive	present	dēmar	dēmāris, dēmāre	dēmātur	dēmāmur	dēmāminī	dēmantur
	imperfect	dēmerer	dēmerēris, dēmerēre	dēmerētur	dēmerēmur	dēmerēminī	dēmerentur
	perfect	dēmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēme	—	—	dēmite	—
	future	—	dēmitō	dēmitō	—	dēmitōte	dēmuntō
passive	present	—	dēmere	—	—	dēmiminī	—
	future	—	dēmitor	dēmitor	—	—	dēmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēmere	dēmpsisse	dēmptūrum esse	dēmī	dēmptum esse	dēmptum īrī
participles		dēmēns	—	dēmptūrus	—	dēmptus	dēmendus, dēmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēmendī	dēmendō	dēmendum	dēmendō	dēmptum	dēmptū

Derived terms

• demptiō
• vīndēmia

Descendants

• Asturian: demer, dimir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dēmō

1. dative/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
• demo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], 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^[5]
• “demo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demu/

Noun

demo m (definite singular demoen, indefinite plural demoar, definite plural demoane)

1. (music) a demo (e.g. a music album)
2. (informal, politics) short form of demonstrasjon

Old Galician-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 CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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 CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.mu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mu/

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: capeta, demónio, diabo, diabrete

Etymology 2

From English demo, from demonstration.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.mu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mu/, /ˈde.mu/

Noun

demo f (plural demos)

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

Adjective

demo m or f (plural demos, not comparable)

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

Spanish

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. (music) demo

Further reading

• “demo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28