demande

Meaning

Noun

1. request (act of requesting)
2. demand
3. favour, favor
4. small fine (paid after breaking a rule)

Verb

1. inflection of demander:
2. inflection of demander:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/də.mɑ̃d/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French demande, from the verb demander.

Sentences

Je ne te demande plus que quelques jours .

I'm only asking for a few more days.

Ma demande semble vous surprendre .

My request seems to surprise you.

Il me demande si le téléphone fonctionne bien !…

He asks me if the phone is working well!…

Mais que feras-tu, Owen ? lui demande le cuisinier Jynxtrop.

But what will you do, Owen? asks the cook Jynxtrop.

Elle demande à Ruprecht de l'épargner et de se laisser plutôt tuer .

She asks Ruprecht to spare her and let herself be killed instead.

Il demande alors conseil à son oncle Gary, endetté jusqu'au cou .

He then sought advice from his uncle Gary, who was up to his neck in debt.

Tibet se conforme à sa demande , et abandonne les traits animaliers de ses personnages .

Tibet abode by his request, and abandoned portraying characters as animals.