dementia

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• /dɪˈmɛnʃə/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 M EH1 N SH IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēment- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēmentiabor. English dementia Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَرَف (ḵaraf) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Azerbaijani: demensiya — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Bulgarian: деме́нция (deméncija) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Catalan: demència — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Chinese Mandarin: 癡呆 /痴呆 (chīdāi) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Chinese Mandarin: 失智症 (shīzhìzhèng) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Cornish: demencya — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Czech: demence — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Danish: demens — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Dutch: dementie — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Esperanto: demenco — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Finnish: dementia — progressive decline in cognitive function
• French: démence — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Georgian: დემენცია (demencia) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• German: Demenz — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Greek: άνοια (ánoia) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Hindi: मनोभ्रंश (manobhrañś) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Hungarian: elbutulás — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Icelandic: heilabilun — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Ido: dementeso — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Irish: néaltrú — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Italian: demenza — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Japanese: 認知症 (ninchishō) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Kazakh: ақыл кемдігі (aqyl kemdıgı) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Korean: 치매 (chimae) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Lithuanian: silpnaprotystė — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Māori: mate wareware — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Māori: mate korongenge — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Persian: زوال عقل (zavâl-e 'aql) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Persian: دمانس (demâns) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Polish: demencja — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Polish: otępienie — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Portuguese: demência — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Russian: деме́нция (deméncija) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Russian: слабоу́мие (slaboúmije) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Spanish: demencia — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Swedish: demens — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Turkish: demans — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Ukrainian: деме́нція (deméncija) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Ukrainian: слабоу́мство (slaboúmstvo) — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Vietnamese: suy giảm trí nhớ — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Vietnamese: chứng mất trí — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Welsh: gorffwylltra — progressive decline in cognitive function
• Bulgarian: слабоу́мие (slaboúmie) — madness or insanity
• Chinese Mandarin: 瘋病 /疯病 (fēngbìng) — madness or insanity
• Esperanto: demenco — madness or insanity
• French: démence — madness or insanity
• Greek: άνοια (ánoia) — madness or insanity
• Hungarian: ostobaság — madness or insanity
• Lithuanian: demencija — madness or insanity
• Portuguese: demência — madness or insanity
• Portuguese: insanidade — madness or insanity
• Portuguese: loucura — madness or insanity
• Russian: слабоу́мие (slaboúmije) — madness or insanity
• Spanish: demencia — madness or insanity
• Spanish: locura — madness or insanity