Wiktionary

simul

English Edit

Etymology Edit

Abbreviation of simultaneous.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

simul (plural simuls)

  1. (gaming) A simultaneous exhibition: one player, typically very strong, plays several games at the same time against different opponents, typically weaker.
    • 1969, Anthony Glyn, The Dragon Variation, page 96:
      We're not just starting with Round 1. We're kicking off with a simul. Four simuls to be exact.
    • 1985, Daryl Lane, William Vernon, David Carson, The Sound of Wonder, page 80:
      He could have organized a simul with a rat without blinking an eye.
    • 2003, J.C. Hallman, The Chess Artist, page 275:
      I saw Glenn wrapping up his speech, and told Baynes to come back that evening for the simul.

Anagrams Edit

Hungarian Edit

Etymology Edit

sima (“smooth”) +‎ -ul (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃimul]
  • Hyphenation: si‧mul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb Edit

simul

  1. (intransitive, of a surface, material) to become smooth
  2. (intransitive, of clothing, hair, skin) to fit something tight
  3. (intransitive) to snuggle up, cuddle up, to cling (to someone: -hoz/-hez/-höz)
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to conform, accommodate, adapt to, fit in somewhere

Conjugation Edit

conjugation of simul
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. simulok simulsz simul simulunk simultok simulnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. simultam simultál simult simultunk simultatok simultak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. simulnék simulnál simulna simulnánk simulnátok simulnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. simuljak simulj or
simuljál 		simuljon simuljunk simuljatok simuljanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive simulni simulnom simulnod simulnia simulnunk simulnotok simulniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms 		Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
simulás simuló simult ― simulva simulhat

Derived terms Edit

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • simul in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin Edit

Etymology Edit

Old Latin neuter of similis (with u before l pinguis, i.e. [ɫ]).

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

simul (not comparable)

  1. At the same time; simultaneously
  2. simul … simul: and at the same time; and also; both … and (at once); together; not only ... but at the same time
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.513-514:
      Obstipuit simul ipse simul perculsus Achātēs
      laetitiāque metūque
      Not only [Aeneas] himself was astounded, but at the same time Achates had been struck with both joy and fear.
      (or, more concisely:)
      [Aeneas] and Achates both were astonished, stricken with joy and fear.
  3. together
    • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.403-404:
      natā simul, moritūra simul, simul īte sub undās corpora!
      Born together, about to die together, together [your] bodies go beneath the waves!
      (Twin babes Romulus and Remus are abandoned along the banks of the Tiber.)
  4. As soon as.

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Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quispiam quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alter, alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter, uterque neuter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, ubīque, uspiam usquam nusquam alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde, undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōquam aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā, quāque nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō, quandōque umquam numquam aliās
exact time hac hōra ista hōra illa hōra ea hōra eadem hōra quota hōra quotacumque hōra altera/alia hōra
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot
order totus quotus quotuscumque
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants Edit

Descendants

References Edit

  • “simul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • simul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • simul in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Norse Edit

Etymology Edit

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Noun Edit

simul f (genitive simlar)

  1. (poetic) a hag, witch

References Edit

  • “simul”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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