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Wiktionary

  1. deminoun

    a fifty pence piece.

  2. deminoun

    A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, 1/2 the volume of a standard bottle; a split.

  3. Deminoun

    A female given name, a diminutive of Demetria introduced into English in the 1990s by the actress Demi Moore.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DEMIinseparable particle.

    Half; one of two equal parts. This word is only used in composition; as demigod, that is, half human, half divine.

    Etymology: demi, Fr. dimidium, Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. Demi

    Demi is a feminine given name with Greek and Latin roots, and it is a surname with Albanian origins. Demi was originally a nickname of Demetria, the feminine form of the masculine name Demetrius, which is itself the Latin and English spelling of the Greek name Demetrios. People named Demi include:

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deminoun

    see Demy, n

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. demi

    In heraldry, an animal is said to be demi when only the upper or fore half of it is represented.

Suggested Resources

  1. DEMI

    What does DEMI stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DEMI acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DEMI

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Demi is ranked #80419 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Demi surname appeared 236 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Demi.

    87.7% or 207 total occurrences were White.
    6.3% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for demi »

  1. dime

  2. Dime

  3. idem

  4. diem

  5. mide

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of demi in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of demi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of demi in a Sentence

  1. Jamie Foxx:

    Our thoughts go out to Singer Demi Lovato and Singer Demi Lovato family.

  2. Jennifer Aldrich:

    This is a great opportunity for them to see what could be the first woman president -- and Demi Lovato, let's be real.

  3. Demi Lovato:

    I was on dating apps for a while but as I've spent some time with Demi Lovato over the past couple months, I realized that I am the type of person that will find any way to regulate when I'm sad or lonely or whatever, i have to fight those battles on my own and I can't let somebody come in and fix those issues for me. So right now, I'm single and spending my Saturday nights by Demi Lovato.

  4. Scott Eastwood:

    Well, I think it was the catalyst that broke him and Demi up.

  5. Dianna De La Garza:

    All of these texts started coming in, the first lines of these texts were saying,' I just heard the news, I'm so sorry, I'm praying for your family, I'm praying for Demi Lovato.' I was in shock, like, what is going on ?

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