Wiktionary

simul

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Abbreviation of simultaneous.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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, p96
      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, p80
      He could have organized a simul with a rat without blinking an eye.
    • 2003, J.C. Hallman, The Chess Artist, p275
      I saw Glenn wrapping up his speech, and told Baynes to come back that evening for the simul.

AnagramsEdit

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

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, figuratively) to conform, accommodate, adapt to, fit in somewhere

ConjugationEdit

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 termsEdit

(With verbal prefixes):

Further readingEdit

  • 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

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

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
    • 8 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.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Latin correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic quis, quī quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus is, iste, istic hic ille, illic quī quisquis, quīcumque ipse, īdem alter, alius
dual uter alteruter, uterque uter utercumque
number quot aliquot tot quot quotquot, quotcumque totidem
order quotus totus quotus quotuscumque
quantity quam aliquam tam quam †quamquam †tamen, †tandem
size quantus aliquantus tantus quantus quantuscumque tantusdem
quality quālis aliquālis tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ita, sic, eō/istō modō hōc modō illō modō ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque item, itidem aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place 		quā aliquā, quāque eā, istāc hāc illāc quā quāquā, quācumque eādem aliā
place ubi alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam ibi, istic hīc illīc ubi ubiubi, ubicumque ibidem alibī, aliās
source unde alicunde, undeunde inde, istinc hinc illinc unde undecumque indidem aliunde
destination quō, quōrsum aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum eō, istūc, °istōrsum hūc, °hōrsum illūc, °illōrsum quō quōquō, quōcumque eōdem aliō, aliorsum
time quandō quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam tum, tunc num, nunc ōlim cum, quandō cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque simul aliās
exact time quota hōra ea/ista hōra hac hōra illa hōra quota hōra quotacumque hōra eadem hōra altera/alia hōra
repetition quotiēns aliquotiēns totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplex totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

DescendantsEdit

Descendants

ReferencesEdit

  • “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 NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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NounEdit

simul f (genitive simlar)

  1. (poetic) a hag, witch

ReferencesEdit

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