demise

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From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: прехвърляне (prehvǎrljane) — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Catalan: traspàs — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Dutch: overdracht — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• French: transfert — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• German: Verpachtung — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Macedonian: префрлу́вање (prefrlúvanje) — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Macedonian: пре́нос (prénos) — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Occitan: transfèrt — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Occitan: transferiment — the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
• Bulgarian: предаване по наследство (predavane po nasledstvo) — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Catalan: traspàs — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Dutch: overdracht — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• French: transfert — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• French: transmission — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• German: Übertragung — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• German: Besitzübertragung — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• German: Übergabe — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• German: Übergang — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Macedonian: преда́вање по на́следство (predávanje po následstvo) — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Occitan: transfèrt — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Occitan: transferiment — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Occitan: transmission — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Portuguese: cessão — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Portuguese: transferência — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Russian: переда́ча по насле́дству (peredáča po naslédstvu) — transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
• Afrikaans: dood — death — see also death, decease
• Armenian: մահ (mah) — death — see also death, decease
• Armenian: վախճան (vaxčan) — death — see also death, decease
• Bulgarian: смърт (smǎrt) — death — see also death, decease
• Catalan: defunció — death — see also death, decease
• Chinese Mandarin: 逝世 (shìshì) — death — see also death, decease
• Czech: úmrtí — death — see also death, decease
• Dutch: dood — death — see also death, decease
• Esperanto: morto — death — see also death, decease
• Esperanto: forpaso — death — see also death, decease
• Finnish: poismeno — death — see also death, decease
• Finnish: kuolema — death — see also death, decease
• French: mort — death — see also death, decease
• German: Tod — death — see also death, decease
• Hebrew: מוות (ma'vet) — death — see also death, decease
• Ingrian: koolema — death — see also death, decease
• Ingrian: surma — death — see also death, decease
• Italian: morte — death — see also death, decease
• Italian: decesso — death — see also death, decease
• Kazakh: ажал (ajal) — death — see also death, decease
• Macedonian: смрт (smrt) — death — see also death, decease
• Māori: tāwhatitanga — death — see also death, decease
• Norwegian: bortgang — death — see also death, decease
• Occitan: mòrt — death — see also death, decease
• Occitan: décès — death — see also death, decease
• Persian: فوت (fovt) — death — see also death, decease
• Polish: zgon — death — see also death, decease
• Polish: śmierć — death — see also death, decease
• Portuguese: morte — death — see also death, decease
• Portuguese: óbito — death — see also death, decease
• Portuguese: falecimento — death — see also death, decease
• Russian: кончи́на (končína) — death — see also death, decease
• Russian: смерть (smertʹ) — death — see also death, decease
• Russian: ги́бель (gíbelʹ) — death — see also death, decease
• Scottish Gaelic: bàs — death — see also death, decease
• Scottish Gaelic: caochladh — death — see also death, decease
• Scottish Gaelic: eug — death — see also death, decease
• Catalan: desaparició — end, downfall, or failure
• Catalan: caiguda — end, downfall, or failure
• Catalan: fallida — end, downfall, or failure
• Czech: konec — end, downfall, or failure
• Czech: zánik — end, downfall, or failure
• Dutch: neergang — end, downfall, or failure
• Dutch: falen — end, downfall, or failure
• French: chute — end, downfall, or failure
• French: fin — end, downfall, or failure
• French: échec — end, downfall, or failure
• French: disparition — end, downfall, or failure
• German: Untergang — end, downfall, or failure
• German: Verschwinden — end, downfall, or failure
• German: Niedergang — end, downfall, or failure
• German: Scheitern — end, downfall, or failure
• Hungarian: bukás — end, downfall, or failure
• Ido: falo — end, downfall, or failure
• Ido: fino — end, downfall, or failure
• Ido: nesuceso — end, downfall, or failure
• Italian: falio — end, downfall, or failure
• Macedonian: крај (kraj) — end, downfall, or failure
• Macedonian: про́паст (própast) — end, downfall, or failure
• Māori: whakahinganga — end, downfall, or failure
• Occitan: casuda — end, downfall, or failure
• Occitan: fin — end, downfall, or failure
• Occitan: malafin — end, downfall, or failure
• Occitan: revirada — end, downfall, or failure
• Occitan: fracàs — end, downfall, or failure
• Portuguese: fim — end, downfall, or failure
• Portuguese: ruína — end, downfall, or failure
• Portuguese: colapso — end, downfall, or failure
• Portuguese: fracasso — end, downfall, or failure
• Spanish: quiebra — end, downfall, or failure