ademeni
التعريفات والمعاني
== Romanian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
adămăna, adămăni, ademini, adimeni — regional or obsolete
=== Etymology ===
From ademană (“bribe”) + -i. First attested in 1698.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /a.de.meˈni/
Rhymes: -i
=== Verb ===
a ademeni (third-person singular present ademenește, past participle ademenit) 4th conjugation
(transitive) to lure, entice (by deceit or otherwise)
Synonyms: atrage, îmbia, momi, tenta
(transitive, by extension) to attract, invite, appeal to someone
Synonym: atrage
(transitive, euphemistic) to seduce
Synonym: seduce
(transitive, now uncommon) to deceive
Synonyms: amăgi, înșela
(reflexive, obsolete) to be mistaken
Synonyms: se amăgi, se înșela
(reflexive, obsolete) to let oneself be fooled [with de ‘by’]
(reflexive, rare, obsolete) to wonder
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
ademeneală
ademenire
ademenit
ademenitor
=== Further reading ===
“ademeni”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1913), Dicționarul Limbii Române[4], volume 1, part 1, Bucharest: Socec, page 37