slim
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever”), from Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”), from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare Dutch slim (“smart, clever, crafty”) Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), German schlimm (“bad”), West Frisian slim (“bad, dire”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
slim (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest)
- Slender, thin.
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.
- 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC[1]:
- Wolves' debatable third in the last 10 minutes, with the ball only crossing the line by the slimmest of margins if at all, ensured a cracking finale, although City would have been left aggrieved had they let the win slip.
- (rural, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- A slimly-shod lad;a slimly-made cart.
- (South Africa, obsolete in Britain) Sly, crafty.
SynonymsEdit
- (slender in an attractive way.): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
- (clothing):
- (long and narrow): fine, stalky, sticklike, thin, virgate
- (reduced workforce):
- (tiny; of something abstract): infinitesimal, marginal; see also Thesaurus:tiny
- (of questionable quality): flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
- (crafty): cunning, frood; see also Thesaurus:wily
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NounEdit
slim (plural slims)
- A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
- I only smoke slims.
- (Ireland, regional) A potato farl.
- (East Africa, uncountable) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
- (slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
Alternative formsEdit
- (AIDS): Slim
VerbEdit
slim (third-person singular simple present slims, present participle slimming, simple past and past participle slimmed)
- (intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
- (transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse slím (“slime”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
slim c or n (singular definite slimen or slimet, uncountable)
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch slim, slem, slimp, slemp, from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”), compare German schlimm (“bad”), English slim.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
slim (comparative slimmer, superlative slimst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of slim | ||||
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uninflected | slim | |||
inflected | slimme | |||
comparative | slimmer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | slim | slimmer | het slimst het slimste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | slimme | slimmere | slimste |
n. sing. | slim | slimmer | slimste | |
plural | slimme | slimmere | slimste | |
definite | slimme | slimmere | slimste | |
partitive | slims | slimmers | — |
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
slim n (definite singular slimet, uncountable)
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
slim n (definite singular slimet, uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “slim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
West FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
slim
InflectionEdit
Inflection of slim | ||||
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uninflected | slim | |||
inflected | slimme | |||
comparative | slimmer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | slim | slimmer | it slimst it slimste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | slimme | slimmere | slimste |
n. sing. | slim | slimmer | slimste | |
plural | slimme | slimmere | slimste | |
definite | slimme | slimmere | slimste | |
partitive | slims | slimmers | — |
Further readingEdit
- “slim (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011