# Demeter
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪˈmiːtə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /dəˈmiːtəɹ/, (nonstandard) /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/

### Proper noun

Demeter
* (Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.
    Coordinate term: (Roman counterpart) Ceres
* (astronomy) 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.

#### Translations
### See also

* (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

### Further reading

* Demeter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “Demeter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “Demeter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* "Demeter" in Charles Harrington Elster's Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, p. 137.

### Anagrams

* metered

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* Démétér

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

### Proper noun

Demeter f (relational adjective Demeteřin)
* (Greek mythology) Demeter (Greek goddess)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Demeter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: De‧me‧ter
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Proper noun

Demeter
* a male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius

#### Declension
## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /deːˈmeː.teːr/, [d̪eːˈmeːt̪eːr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /deˈme.ter/, [d̪eˈmɛːt̪er]

### Noun

Dēmētēr f
* Demeter

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

#### See also

* Persephone
* Proserpina
* Posidon

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* Demetra

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Demeter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛˈmɛ.tɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛtɛr
* Syllabification: De‧me‧ter

### Proper noun

Demeter f (indeclinable)
* (Greek mythology) Demeter (goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone)
* (astronomy) 1108 Demeter (main belt asteroid)

### Further reading

* Demeter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Demeter in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Demeter.

### Proper noun

Demeter m (genitive/dative lui Demeter)
* a surname from Hungarian

### References

* Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdemecer]

### Proper noun

Demeter m pers (genitive singular Demetra, nominative plural Demetrovia, declension pattern of chlap)
* a male given name
* a surname

#### Derived terms

* Demo, Demko
* Dimo, Dimko
* Mitro
* Miťo, Miťko

### Further reading

* “Demeter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

### Proper noun

Demeter c (genitive Demeters)
* (Greek mythology) Demeter

### See also

* (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr)

### Proper noun

Demeter
* (Greek mythology) Demeter