demotic

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1822, from Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈmɒt.ɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/ === Adjective === demotic (not comparable) Of or for the common people. Synonyms: colloquial, informal, popular, vernacular Antonym: formal Coordinate term: democratic Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors. Synonym: enchorial Coordinate term: abnormal hieratic Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Demotic Greek demotist ==== Translations ==== === Noun === demotic (countable and uncountable, plural demotics) (linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people. Near-synonym: vernacular 2010, John C. Wells, accents map Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === demotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “demotic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French démotique. === Adjective === demotic m or n (feminine singular demotică, masculine plural demotici, feminine/neuter plural demotice) demotic ==== Declension ====