sim
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of simulation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sim (plural sims)
- (informal) Clipping of simulator.
- They played a flight sim all afternoon.
- (informal) Clipping of simulation.
- 2009 July 11, Darren Zenko, “U.K. pair turn time into romp”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward.
- (informal) A simulation session or scenario
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sim (definite accusative simi, plural simlər)
Declension edit
Declension of sim | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sim |
simlər | ||||||
definite accusative | simi |
simləri | ||||||
dative | simə |
simlərə | ||||||
locative | simdə |
simlərdə | ||||||
ablative | simdən |
simlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | simin |
simlərin |
Further reading edit
- “sim” in Obastan.com.
Beja edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic. Compare Arabic اسم (ism) and Hausa suna.
Noun edit
sim
References edit
- Bedawiyet Swadesh List. (2010, September 16). Retrieved December 06, 2020, from https://ia600500.us.archive.org/27/items/rosettaproject_bej_swadesh-1/bej.txt
Hokkien edit
For pronunciation and definitions of sim – see 心 (“heart; mind; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 心). |
Iu Mien edit
Etymology edit
From Chinese 針 (MC tsyim|tsyimH).
Noun edit
sim
Khasi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Khasian *sim, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”). Cognate with Pnar sim.
Noun edit
sim
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sim
Macanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese sim.
Interjection edit
sim
Derived terms edit
- uí-di sim (“very good!”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Portuguese sem.
Preposition edit
sim
- without, -less
- Antonym: co
- sim vegônha ― shameless
- sim ninguim ― alone (literally, “without anybody”)
- Já vai sim falâ co iou ― He left without telling me
References edit
Mizo edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sim
- to repent
Mòcheno edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German siben, from Old High German sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun. Cognate with German sieben, English seven.
Numeral edit
sim
References edit
- “sim” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Northern Kurdish edit
Noun edit
sim m
- (Zoology) hoof
Parauk edit
Noun edit
sim
Pnar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Khasian *sim, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”). Cognate with Khasi sim.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sim
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese si (“yes”) (with nasalization of the vowel under the influence of não or mim), from Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
sim
- yes (affirmative answer)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sim
- “Eles já saíram?” “Sim, saíram.”
- “Have they left?” “Yes, they have.”
Usage notes edit
Sim as an affirmative response is relatively uncommon in Portuguese. The typical affirmative response in the language consists of repeating the first verb of the question, with a change in person if necessary:
- “Eles saíram?” “Saíram.”
- “Have they left?” “Yes.”
- “Eu ganhei?” “ganhaste/ ganhou.”
- “Have I won?” “You have.”
- “Você vai sair?” “vou.”
- “Are you going out?” “I am.”
Antonyms edit
Adverb edit
sim (not comparable)
- indeed; do (used for emphasis in affirmative expressions)
- Eu já li esse livro sim.
- I have already read this book indeed.
- Ele matou sim o bicho.
- He did kill the bug.
Noun edit
sim m (plural sins)
Antonyms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb edit
sim (Cyrillic spelling сим)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sim m or f by sense (plural sims)
- (video games) Sim (character in the video game The Sims)
Anagrams edit
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
sim
- Romanization of 𒉆 (sim)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from simma.
Noun edit
sim n
- (almost exclusively in compounds) swimming
Declension edit
Declension of sim | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sim | simmet | sim | simmen |
Genitive | sims | simmets | sims | simmens |
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Umbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *sūs. The shift from *ū to *ī in monosyllables is regular in Umbrian, compare frif (“harvest, crop”), pir (“fire”). Cognate with Latin sūs.
Noun edit
sim m or f
- (both female or male) pig
References edit
- Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “si”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 46
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sūs, sŭis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 603
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 41
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sim˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
Noun edit
Zhuang edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θim˨˦/
- Tone numbers: sim1
- Hyphenation: sim
Noun edit
sim (Sawndip form 𦙦, 1957–1982 spelling sim)
sim (Sawndip forms 𱃤 or ⿰飠心, 1957–1982 spelling sim)
Derived terms edit
Zou edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sìm
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 49
- Philip Thanglienmang (2014), “Zou Tonology”, in Indian Linguistics, volume 75, issue 1-2, →ISSN