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Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English S eim .
Symbol
sim
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Seim .
See also
English
Pronunciation
Noun
sim (plural sims )
( informal ) Clipping of simulator .
They played a flight sim all afternoon.
2009 July 11, Darren Zenko, “U.K. pair turn time into romp”, in Toronto Star :But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward.
( informal ) Clipping of simulation .
( informal ) A simulation session or scenario.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
See also
Verb
sim (third-person singular simple present sims , present participle simming , simple past and past participle simmed )
( informal , uncommon ) Clipping of simulate .
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic سُمّ .
Noun
sim (definite accusative simi , plural simlər )
( pathology ) blood poisoning
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian سیم ( sim ) .
Noun
sim (definite accusative simi , plural simlər )
( music ) string ( segment of wire or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument )
wire , lead
Synonyms: məftil , tel
Declension
Further reading
Beja
Etymology
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic. Compare Arabic اسم ( ism ) and Hausa suna .
Noun
sim
name
References
Hokkien
For pronunciation and definitions of sim – see 心 (“heart ; mind ; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 心 ).
Iu Mien
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 針 (MC tsyim| tsyimH ).
Noun
sim
needle
Khasi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Khasian *sim , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum ( “ bird ” ) . Cognate with Pnar sim .
Pronunciation
Noun
sim f
bird
Derived terms
References
Singh, U Nissor (1906 ) Khasi-English dictionary , Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 204 . Searchable online at SEAlang.net .
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
sim
first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum
Macanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived from Portuguese sim .
Interjection
sim
yes
Antonym: nunca
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Derived from Portuguese sem .
Preposition
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
Mizo
Pronunciation
Verb
sim
to repent
Mòcheno
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German siben , from Old High German sebun , from Proto-Germanic *sebun . Cognate with German sieben , English seven .
Numeral
sim
seven
References
Northern Kurdish
sim
Noun
sim m
( Zoology ) hoof
Parauk
Noun
sim
birds , ornithology .
Pnar
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Khasian *sim , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum ( “ bird ” ) . Cognate with Khasi sim .
Pronunciation
Noun
sim
bird
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited 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
Rhymes: -ĩ
Hyphenation: sim
Interjection
sim
yes ( affirmative answer )
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sim
“Eles já saíram?” “Sim , saíram.” “Have they left?” “Yes , they have.”
Usage notes
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
Derived terms
Adverb
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
sim m (plural sins )
yes ; yea ( an affirmative answer )
Recebemos um sim e três nãos. We got one yes and three noes.
Antonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Adverb
sim (Cyrillic spelling сим )
( Kajkavian ) hither , this way , here
Synonyms: ȃmo , ȃmoder , òvāmo , sȉmo
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsim/
Rhymes: -im
Syllabification: sim
Noun
sim m or f by sense (plural sims )
( video games ) Sim ( a character in the video game The Sims )
Anagrams
Sumerian
Romanization
sim
romanization of 𒉆 ( sim )
Swedish
Etymology
Back-formation from simma .
Noun
sim n
( almost exclusively in compounds ) swimming
( in compounds ) stroke (swimming style)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of English SIM card .
Noun
sim (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ ) ( telecommunications , colloquial )
SIM card
Etymology 2
Noun
sim (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ )
alternative form of siim
Further reading
“sim ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Umbrian
Romanization
sim
romanization of 𐌔𐌉𐌌
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
(classifier cây , quả , trái ) sim • (枮 , 槮 , 𣑷 )
rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English SIM .
Noun
(classifier cái , chiếc ) sim
( telecommunications ) Subscriber Identity Module
Zhuang
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 心 (MC sim ).
Pronunciation
Noun
sim (Sawndip form 𦙦 , 1957–1982 spelling sim )
heart ( organ )
heart ( seat of emotions )
mood ; mind ( to do something )
centre ; core
sim (Sawndip forms 𱃤 or ⿰飠心 , 1957–1982 spelling sim )
filling ; stuffing
Derived terms
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
sìm
south
References
Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 ) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page 49
Philip Thanglienmang (2014 ) “Zou Tonology”, in Indian Linguistics , volume 75 , numbers 1-2 , →ISSN