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mime

See also: MIME and mimé

English

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Etymology

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Possibly from Middle English *mime, from Old English mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.

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Noun

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mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)

  1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
    • 1977 April 23, Arlene Silva, “Suzanne Fox's Silent Stories”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
      [Silence] demands returning to the self, to innocence and a a portrayal of situations as if all the particulars were completely unknown to the viewer. There are no props but the muscular versatility of the human form. Mime is the one thing that truly proves we can be all things.
  2. A pantomime actor.
  3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
  4. A performer of such a farce.
  5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
  6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
  7. A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
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Verb

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mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)

  1. To mimic.
  2. (intransitive) To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
    In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).

Noun

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mime m (plural mimes)

  1. pantomime actor, mime
  2. pantomime
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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mime

  1. inflection of mimer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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German

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mime

  1. inflection of mimen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch mime, from French mime, from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).

Noun

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mime (plural mime-mime, first-person possessive mimeku, second-person possessive mimemu, third-person possessive mimenya)

  1. (drama) mime

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Japanese

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Romanization

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mime

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みめ

Latin

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mīme

  1. vocative singular of mīmus

Portuguese

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mime

  1. inflection of mimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of mimir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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mime

  1. inflection of mimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of mimir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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