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English

Etymology

From Latin d?vast?tus, perfect passive participle of d?vast?, from d?- (augmentative prefix) + vast? (“I destroy, I lay waste to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v?ste?t/

Verb

devastate (third-person singular simple present devastates, present participle devastating, simple past and past participle devastated)

1. To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
2. To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
3. To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
4. To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay

Synonyms

• (to lay waste) decimate (sometimes proscribed); destroy; raze (to structures); ruin

Derived terms

• devastated (adjective)

Related terms

• devastation
• devastavit

Translations

Further reading

• devastate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• devastate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• devastate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Ido

Verb

devastate

1. adverbial present passive participle of devastar

Italian

Verb

devastate

1. inflection of devastare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of devastato

Anagrams

• destavate, detestava

Latin

Verb

d?v?st?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?v?st?

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (devá, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?v?/

Noun

deva (plural devas)

1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Related terms

See also

• daeva

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., Veda, dave, vade

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (deva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.va?/
• Hyphenation: de?va
• Rhymes: -e?va?

Noun

deva m (plural deva's or devas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) deva, a Hindu or Buddhist deity

Related terms

Italian

Verb

deva

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

Synonyms

• debba

Anagrams

• veda

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

1. portion
2. ration
3. dose
4. dosage
5. helping

Declension

Verb

deva

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of dot

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (devá, “deity, god”)

Noun

deva m

1. god
2. angel

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Burmese: ??? (dewa.)
• ? Khmer: ??? (teiv???)
• ? Northern Thai: ????, ???
• ? Thai: ??? (têep)

References

“deva”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Portuguese

Verb

deva

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dever
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of dever
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dever
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dever

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (deve).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a/
• Hyphenation: de?va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. camel (mammal)

   Synonym: kàmila

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *d?va, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to suck, suckle”).

Alternative forms

• djéva (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a/
• Hyphenation: de?va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (poetic) maiden

Declension

Related terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *d?va, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va/

Noun

deva f (genitive singular devy, nominative plural devy, genitive plural diev, declension pattern of žena)

1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• deva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *d?va.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dé??a/

Noun

d??va f

1. maiden
2. virgin

Inflection

Further reading

• “deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?deba/, [?d?e.??a]

Verb

deva

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dever.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dever.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dever.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dever.

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• dewe

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva ?

1. camel