"dementor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈmɛntə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dementor.wav [UK] Forms: dementors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) Etymology: From dement + -or. Repopularized by the Harry Potter series. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dement|-or}} dement + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} dementor (plural dementors)
  1. An evil and fearsome creature. Wikipedia link: Harry Potter Categories (topical): Harry Potter Translations (An evil and fearsome creature): 摄魂怪 (shèhúnguài) (Chinese Mandarin), mozkomor [masculine] (Czech), ankeuttaja (Finnish), dementor (Hungarian)

Verb [Latin]

Forms: dēmentor [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=dēmentor}} dēmentor
  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dēmentō Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, passive, present, singular Form of: dēmentō
    Sense id: en-dementor-la-verb--kfzSFc- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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