mim

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

mim

1. (UK, dialect) Demure, shy.

Etymology 2

Noun

mim (plural mims)

1. Alternative form of meem (“Arabic letter”).
   • 2014, Asim Roy, The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal, page 124:

     The esoteric identity and importance of the Perso-Arabic letter, mim, and its Bengali equivalent, ma, were stressed. The letter, when added to Ahad, made Ahmad and Muhammad as well.

See also

• mim-mem

Anagrams

• Imm, MMI

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)
• Rhymes: -im

Noun

mim m (plural mims)

1. mime (a pantomime actor)
2. mime (act of miming)

Related terms

• mimar
• mímic
• pantomim

Further reading

• “mim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cornish

Noun

mim m

1. mime, mimic

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Czech

Noun

mim m anim

1. a pantomime actor

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪm/

• Audio

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Contraction

mim

1. (colloquial) Contraction of mit dem.

   Ich fahr da mim Auto hin.

   I'm going there by car.

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic مِيم (mīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mím/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

mim f

1. mim (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -m (“my, of mine”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mim

Pronoun

mim

1. first-person singular single-possession possessive of mi

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mim/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: mim

Noun

mim m pers

1. mime (pantomime actor)

   Synonyms: mimik, pantomimista

Declension

Noun

mim m inan

1. mime (classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• mim in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mim in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mi (archaic)
• my (obsolete)
• mym (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mi, min from Latin mihi, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰye, dative of *éǵh₂ (“I”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: mim

Pronoun

mim

1. first-person singular prepositional pronoun
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 514:

     E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?

     And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?

2. (strongly proscribed) used instead of eu as the subject of a subordinate clause following para

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mim.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mime.

Noun

mim n (plural mimuri)

1. pantomime

Declension

Scots

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Alternative forms

• mimm

Etymology

From Early Scots mim, imitative of pursing the lips. Compare English mum (“silent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adjective

mim (comparative mair mim, superlative maist mim)

1. restrained, peaceable
2. prim, prudish, modest

Adverb

mim (comparative mair mim, superlative maist mim)

1. mincingly

Verb

mim (third-person singular simple present mims, present participle mimin, simple past mimt, past participle mimt)

1. (intransitive) to act in a prim manner
2. (intransitive) to move in a prim manner

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From meme.

Noun

mim m (Cyrillic spelling мим)

1. (Internet slang) meme

Declension

Swedish

Noun

mim c

1. mime (pantomime, form of acting without words)

   Synonym: pantomim

Declension

Related terms

• mima
• mimare

References

• mim in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mim in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mim in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مِيم (mīm).

Noun

mim (definite accusative mimi, plural mimler)

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: م
   • Previous: ل
   • Next: ن

Declension

Related terms

• mimlemek