"daemon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdiː.mən/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: daemons [plural], daemones [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmən Etymology: A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|daemōn||tutelary deity}} Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), {{der|en|grc|δαίμων||dispenser, tutelary deity}} Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|daemones}} daemon (plural daemons or daemones)
  1. An idea depicted as an entity.
    Sense id: en-daemon-en-noun-XfMisu5z
  2. (uncommon) Alternative form of demon. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Alternative form of: demon
    Sense id: en-daemon-en-noun-b-ssik-o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: daemonology Related terms: agathodaemon, cacodaemon, cacodemon, cacodaemonic, cacodemonic, cacodaemoniacal, daemonic, daimon, eudaemon
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdiːmən/, /ˈdeɪmən/ Forms: daemons [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmən, -eɪmən Etymology: From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym. Etymology templates: {{m|en|disk|disk}} disk, {{m|en|execution|execution}} execution, {{m|en|monitor|monitor}} monitor Head templates: {{en-noun}} daemon (plural daemons)
  1. (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal. Tags: Unix Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: dæmon, daimon, demon Related terms: background process Translations (computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal): démon [masculine] (Czech), taustaprosessi (Finnish), palveluprosessi (Finnish), daemoni (Finnish), démon (english: ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995) [masculine] (French), Hintergrundprogramm [neuter] (German), δαίμων (daímon) [masculine] (Greek), δαίμονας (daímonas) [masculine] (Greek), daeman [masculine] (Irish), デーモン (dēmon) (Japanese), де́мон (démon) [masculine] (Russian), demonio [masculine] (Spanish), demon [common-gender] (Swedish), artalan süreci (Turkish), де́мон (démon) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-daemon-en-noun-mj9EjBx0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 5 58 Disambiguation of English links with redundant target parameters: 31 6 63 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} daemon
  1. Rōmaji transcription of ダエモン Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ダエモン

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈdae̯.moːn/ [Classical], [ˈd̪äe̯moːn] [Classical], /ˈde.mon/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪ɛːmon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|δαίμων||dispenser, god, protective spirit}} Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”) Head templates: {{la-noun|daemōn/daemon<3.-I>|g=m}} daemōn m (genitive daemonis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|daemōn/daemon<3.-I>|acc_pl=daemonēs/daemonas|acc_sg=daemonem/daemona}} Forms: daemōn [canonical, masculine], daemonis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], daemōn [nominative, singular], daemonēs [nominative, plural], daemonis [genitive, singular], daemonum [genitive, plural], daemonī [dative, singular], daemonibus [dative, plural], daemonem [accusative, singular], daemona [accusative, singular], daemonēs [accusative, plural], daemonas [accusative, plural], daemone [ablative, singular], daemonibus [ablative, plural], daemōn [singular, vocative], daemonēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-daemon-la-noun-XwD3~Iii Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 44 23 33
  2. (astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-daemon-la-noun-QGsB61Fb Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a demon Tags: Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-daemon-la-noun-zE-CNf7u Categories (other): Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demon [Medieval-Latin] Derived forms: daemonicus Related terms: daemonium, cacodemon, calodemon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
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        "declension-3"
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        {
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          "ref": "1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642",
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        "Ecclesiastical",
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        "Classical"
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/ˈde.mon/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛːmon]",
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        "Medieval-Latin"
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    }
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}
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "word": "cacodemonic"
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      "word": "cacodaemoniacal"
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      "word": "daimon"
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        "An idea depicted as an entity."
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        "English terms with uncommon senses"
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        "Alternative form of demon."
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        "(uncommon) Alternative form of demon."
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        "alt-of",
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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-iːmən"
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    "Daemon (classical mythology)"
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal."
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        [
          "computing",
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        "(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal."
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        "Unix"
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
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      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪmən/"
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    {
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "démon"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "word": "taustaprosessi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "word": "palveluprosessi"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "word": "daemoni"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "démon"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Hintergrundprogramm"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "daímonas",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δαίμονας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daeman"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dēmon",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "word": "デーモン"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demonio"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "word": "artalan süreci"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "démon",
      "sense": "computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́мон"
    }
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    "Maxwell's demon"
  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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      "text": "→ Catalan: dèmon (learned)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "daemon",
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
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      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Dämon",
            "bor": "1"
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      ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "demon",
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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        {
          "args": {
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      "form": "daemōn",
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        "canonical",
        "masculine"
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    {
      "form": "daemonis",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "daemonēs",
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    {
      "form": "daemonis",
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "daemonum",
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    {
      "form": "daemonī",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daemonēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daemonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daemone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daemonibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daemōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daemonēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "daemōn/daemon<3.-I>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "daemōn m (genitive daemonis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "daemōn/daemon<3.-I>",
        "acc_pl": "daemonēs/daemonas",
        "acc_sg": "daemonem/daemona"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "daemonium"
    },
    {
      "word": "cacodemon"
    },
    {
      "word": "calodemon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genius loci",
          "genius loci"
        ],
        [
          "lar",
          "lar"
        ],
        [
          "godling",
          "godling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Astrology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "astrological sign"
        ],
        [
          "zodiac",
          "zodiac"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ecclesiastical Latin",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For they persuade themselves that they often hold conversations with a demon whom they call Wattipa, and that they are informed by him of things done in distant regions, and indeed foreshown things to be: but they acknowledge that this spirit is evil; and not without reason, for not infrequently they are scourged by him in a miserable manner.",
          "ref": "1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642",
          "text": "[…] perſuadent enim ſe crebro cum dæmone ſermones ſerere, quem Wattipam nominant, & res geſtas in longinquis regionibus ab ipſo edoceri, nec non futuras præmoneri: agnoſcunt autem hunc ſpiritum malum eſſe; neque injuria, nam haud raro miſerum in modum ab ipſo flagellantur.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a demon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) a demon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdae̯.moːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äe̯moːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈde.mon/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛːmon]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "demon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "daemon"
}

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