démon
French, noun/de.mɔ̃/
démon is spelled D-É-M-O-N (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démon is a French masculine noun meaning “demon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Génie, esprit ou divinité, bon ou mauvais”.
What does démon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedemon
- 2
masculinedaemon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Génie, esprit ou divinité, bon ou mauvais. 2. Dans l'Ancien Testament, faux dieu, dieu païen, mauvais esprit. 3. Un des diables, des esprits malins, par opposition aux anges, pour les chrétiens. 4. Le Diable, Satan, prince des démons, et principe du mal.
noun: 1. Programme actif en permanence dans un système multitâche, qui effectue certaines fonctions sans l’intervention de l’utilisateur.
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 démon
- démons plural
- démone feminine
- dæmon archaic
- daemon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démon?
- /de.mɔ̃/
- \de.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démon in French?
démon appears 9.8 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).