demean

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• UK: /dɪˈmiːn/
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From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”).

Variant of demesne.

(1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.

de- + mean

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: beheer — management; treatment
• Dutch: behandeling — management; treatment
• Finnish: kohtelu — management; treatment
• Bulgarian: държание (dǎržanie) — behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor
• Dutch: gedrag — behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor
• Dutch: houding — behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor
• Finnish: käytös — behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor
• Ukrainian: поведінка (povedinka) — behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor
• Bulgarian: унижавам (unižavam) — to debase
• Dutch: verlagen — to debase
• Dutch: vernederen — to debase
• Dutch: kleineren — to debase
• Finnish: alentaa — to debase
• Finnish: halventaa — to debase
• German: herabwürdigen — to debase
• German: entwürdigen — to debase
• German: erniedrigen — to debase
• German: herabsetzen — to debase
• Japanese: 貶める (otoshimeru) — to debase
• Māori: whakatūtūā — to debase
• Māori: whakatautauhea — to debase
• Māori: whakapāpaku — to debase
• Spanish: menospreciar — to debase
• Spanish: denigrar — to debase
• Spanish: detraer — to debase
• Dutch: neerhalen — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Dutch: vernederen — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Finnish: alentaa — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Finnish: halventaa — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Finnish: vähätellä — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• German: erniedrigen — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• German: herabwürdigen — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• German: herabsetzen — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Italian: svilire — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Spanish: degradar — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Spanish: menospreciar — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Spanish: humillar — to debase; to lower; to degrade
• Bulgarian: унижавам (unižavam) — to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate
• Finnish: nöyrtyä — to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate
• German: kleinmachen — to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate
• German: demütigen — to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate
• German: erniedrigen — to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate
• Finnish: häpäistä — to mortify
• German: beschämen — to mortify
• Dutch: gedragen — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• Dutch: behandelen — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• Finnish: käyttäytyä — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• German: behandeln — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• German: führen — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• Spanish: conducir — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• Spanish: gestionar — to manage; to conduct; to treat
• Bulgarian: държа се (dǎrža se) — to conduct; to behave; to comport
• Finnish: käyttäytyä — to conduct; to behave; to comport
• German: benehmen — to conduct; to behave; to comport
• German: verhalten — to conduct; to behave; to comport
• German: führen — to conduct; to behave; to comport
• German: aufführen — to conduct; to behave; to comport