démence
French, noun/de.mɑ̃s/
démence is spelled D-É-M-E-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démence is a French feminine noun meaning “dementia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aliénation mentale chronique, acquise et évolutive, dont l'étiologie est diverse”.
What does démence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedementia
Les symptômes de la démence peuvent être classifiés réversibles ou irréversibles, aux dépens de l’étiologie de la maladie.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aliénation mentale chronique, acquise et évolutive, dont l'étiologie est diverse. 2. Démarche, action, conduite qui indique de la déraison, de l’extravagance.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of démence
- démences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démence?
- /de.mɑ̃s/
- \de.mɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démence in French?
démence appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).