sim

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See also: Sim, SIM, sím, šim, šīm, sɨm, and сим

English

Etymology

Shortening of simulation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

sim (plural sims)

  1. (informal) Clipping of simulator.
    They played a flight sim all afternoon.
  2. (informal) Clipping of simulation.
    • 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.
  3. (informal) A simulation session or scenario

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Arabic سُمّ.

Pronunciation

Noun

sim (definite accusative simi, plural simlər)

  1. (pathology) blood poisoning

Declension

    Declension of sim
singular plural
nominative sim
 simlər
definite accusative simi
 simləri
dative simə
 simlərə
locative simdə
 simlərdə
ablative simdən
 simlərdən
definite genitive simin
 simlərin
    Possessive forms of sim
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) simim simlərim
sənin (“your”) simin simlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) simi simləri
bizim (“our”) simimiz simlərimiz
sizin (“your”) siminiz simləriniz
onların (“their”) simi or simləri simləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) simimi simlərimi
sənin (“your”) simini simlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) simini simlərini
bizim (“our”) simimizi simlərimizi
sizin (“your”) siminizi simlərinizi
onların (“their”) simini or simlərini simlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) simimə simlərimə
sənin (“your”) siminə simlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) siminə simlərinə
bizim (“our”) simimizə simlərimizə
sizin (“your”) siminizə simlərinizə
onların (“their”) siminə or simlərinə simlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) simimdə simlərimdə
sənin (“your”) simində simlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) simində simlərində
bizim (“our”) simimizdə simlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) siminizdə simlərinizdə
onların (“their”) simində or simlərində simlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) simimdən simlərimdən
sənin (“your”) simindən simlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) simindən simlərindən
bizim (“our”) simimizdən simlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) siminizdən simlərinizdən
onların (“their”) simindən or simlərindən simlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) simimin simlərimin
sənin (“your”) siminin simlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) siminin simlərinin
bizim (“our”) simimizin simlərimizin
sizin (“your”) siminizin simlərinizin
onların (“their”) siminin or simlərinin simlərinin

Further reading

  • “sim” in Obastan.com.

Beja

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic. Compare Arabic اسم (ism) and Hausa suna.

Noun

sim

  1. 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

From Chinese 針 (MC tsyim|tsyimH).

Noun

sim 

  1. needle

Khasi

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *sim, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”). Cognate with Pnar sim.

Noun

sim

  1. bird

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

sim

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

Macanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Portuguese sim.

Interjection

sim

  1. yes
    Antonym: nunca
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Portuguese sem.

Preposition

sim

  1. 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

  1. to repent

Mòcheno

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Etymology

From Middle High German siben, from Old High German sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun. Cognate with German sieben, English seven.

Numeral

sim

  1. seven

References

Northern Kurdish

sim

Noun

sim m

  1. (Zoology) hoof

Parauk

Noun

sim

  1. birds, ornithology.

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *sim, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”). Cognate with Khasi sim.

Pronunciation

Noun

sim

  1. bird

Portuguese

Etymology

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
  • Audio (Brazil)(file)

Interjection

sim

  1. 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

Adverb

sim (not comparable)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. (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)

  1. (video games) Sim (character in the video game The Sims)

Anagrams

Sumerian

Romanization

sim

  1. Romanization of 𒉆 (sim)

Swedish

Etymology

Back-formation from simma.

Noun

sim n

  1. (almost exclusively in compounds) swimming

Declension

Declension of sim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sim simmet sim simmen
Genitive sims simmets sims simmens

Derived terms

Anagrams

Umbrian

The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sūs. The shift from *ū to *ī in monosyllables is regular in Umbrian, compare frif (“harvest, crop”), pir (“fire”). Cognate with Latin sūs.

Noun

sim m or f

  1. (both female or male) pig

References

  • Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “si”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 46
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sūs, sŭis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 603
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 41

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vi

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) sim • (枮, 槮, 𣑷)

  1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Derived terms

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 心 (MC sim).

Pronunciation

Noun

sim (Sawndip form 𦙦, 1957–1982 spelling sim)

  1. heart (organ)
  2. heart (seat of emotions)
  3. mood; mind (to do something)
  4. centre; core

sim (Sawndip forms 𱃤 or ⿰飠心, 1957–1982 spelling sim)

  1. filling; stuffing

Derived terms

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

sìm

  1. 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
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