demote

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈməʊt/
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• US: /dɪˈmoʊt/
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 M OW1 T 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-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English (pro)mote English demote From de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: понижавам в ранг (ponižavam v rang) — To lower the rank or status of
• Chinese Cantonese: 降呢 — To lower the rank or status of
• Chinese Mandarin: 降級 /降级 (jiàngjí) — To lower the rank or status of
• Czech: degradovat — To lower the rank or status of
• Dutch: degraderen — To lower the rank or status of
• Finnish: alentaa — To lower the rank or status of
• French: rétrograder — To lower the rank or status of
• French: dégrader — To lower the rank or status of
• Georgian: აქვეითებს (akveitebs) — To lower the rank or status of
• Georgian: ჩამოაქვეითებს (čamoakveitebs) — To lower the rank or status of
• Georgian: დააქვეითებს (daakveitebs) — To lower the rank or status of
• German: degradieren — To lower the rank or status of
• German: zurückstufen — To lower the rank or status of
• German: herabstufen — To lower the rank or status of
• German: zurückversetzen — To lower the rank or status of
• Indonesian: turun pangkat — To lower the rank or status of
• Irish: ísligh — To lower the rank or status of
• Japanese: 左遷する — To lower the rank or status of
• Māori: whakaheke tupu — To lower the rank or status of
• Māori: whakaheke tūnga — To lower the rank or status of
• Occitan: degradar — To lower the rank or status of
• Russian: понижать (ponižatʹ) — To lower the rank or status of
• Slovene: degradirati — To lower the rank or status of
• Spanish: demover — To lower the rank or status of
• Swedish: degradera — To lower the rank or status of
• Czech: přeřadit — To relegate
• Finnish: alentaa — To relegate
• French: reléguer au second plan — To relegate
• German: verbannen — To relegate
• German: relegieren — To relegate
• Occitan: relegar — To relegate