maim

English

Etymology

Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner; see mayhem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

maim (third-person singular simple present maims, present participle maiming, simple past and past participle maimed)

1. To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

Synonyms

• mutilate

Translations

to cause permanent loss

Arabic: شوه (ar) (sháwiha), بتر (ar) (bátara) Chinese: Mandarin: 殘害 (cmn), 残害 (cmn) (cánhài), 致殘 (zh), 致残 (zh) (zhìcán) Danish: lemlæste Finnish: vammauttaa, silpoa, runnella French: mutiler (fr), estropier (fr) German: verstümmeln (de), verschandeln (de) Hungarian: csonkít (hu)

Japanese: 不具にする (ja) (ふぐにする, fugu-ni surú) Macedonian: осакатува (mk) (osakátuva) Portuguese: mutilar (pt) Romanian: mutila (ro) Russian: увечить (ru) (uvéčit') impf., калечить (ru) (kaléčit') impf., уродовать (ru) (uródovat') impf. Spanish: mutilar (es) Swedish: lemlästa, stympa

Derived terms

• maimer

Anagrams

• imam
• I'mma