Sim
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (patronymic surname): Simm
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Sim
- A male given name, diminutive of Simon and Simeon.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
- A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
- A surname from Hokkien.
- A surname from Korean.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Sim (plural Sims) (Christianity)
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Etymology 3 edit
Most likely derived from the word simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games.
Noun edit
Sim (plural Sims)
- (video games) Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
Anagrams edit
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From the flower Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sim˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
- Homophone: sim
Proper noun edit
- a female given name