mim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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) [ˈmim]
• 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

Declension of mim (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimové
genitive	mima	mimů
dative	mimovi, mimu	mimům
accusative	mima	mimy
vocative	mime	mimové
locative	mimovi, mimu	mimech
instrumental	mimem	mimy

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪm/

• Audio

  (file)

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): [mɪ́ŋ]

Noun

mim f

1. mim (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmim]
• Hyphenation: mim

Pronoun

mim

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	—
accusative	mimet	—
dative	mimnek	—
instrumental	mimmel	—
causal-final	mimért	—
translative	mimmé	—
terminative	mimig	—
essive-formal	mimként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mimben	—
superessive	mimen	—
adessive	mimnél	—
illative	mimbe	—
sublative	mimre	—
allative	mimhez	—
elative	mimből	—
delative	mimről	—
ablative	mimtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	mimé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	miméi	—

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

Declension of mim

	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimowie
genitive	mima	mimów
dative	mimowi	mimom
accusative	mima	mimów
instrumental	mimem	mimami
locative	mimie	mimach
vocative	mimie	mimowie

Noun

mim m inan

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

Declension

Declension of mim

	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimy
genitive	mimu	mimów
dative	mimowi	mimom
accusative	mim	mimy
instrumental	mimem	mimami
locative	mimie	mimach
vocative	mimie	mimy

Related terms

adjective

• mimiczny

 

adverb

• mimicznie

 

noun

• mimika

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

• 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

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se			si		consigo
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se			si		consigo
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mime.

Noun

mim n (plural mimuri)

1. pantomime

Declension

Declension of mim

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mim	mimul	(niște) mimuri	mimurile
genitive/dative	(unui) mim	mimului	(unor) mimuri	mimurilor
vocative	mimule		mimurilor

Scots

Alternative forms

• mimm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪm]

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From meme.

Noun

mim m (Cyrillic spelling мим)

1. (Internet slang) meme

Declension

Declension of mim

	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimovi
genitive	mima	mimova
dative	mimu	mimovima
accusative	mima	mimove
vocative	mimu	mimovi
locative	mimu	mimovima
instrumental	mimom	mimovima

Swedish

Noun

mim c

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

   Synonym: pantomim

Declension

Declension of mim
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mim	mimen	mimer	mimerna
Genitive	mims	mimens	mimers	mimernas

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
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Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mim
Definite accusative	mimi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mim	mimler
Definite accusative	mimi	mimleri
Dative	mime	mimlere
Locative	mimde	mimlerde
Ablative	mimden	mimlerden
Genitive	mimin	mimlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mimim mimlerim 2nd singular mimin mimlerin 3rd singular mimi mimleri 1st plural mimimiz mimlerimiz 2nd plural miminiz mimleriniz 3rd plural mimleri mimleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mimimi mimlerimi 2nd singular mimini mimlerini 3rd singular mimini mimlerini 1st plural mimimizi mimlerimizi 2nd plural miminizi mimlerinizi 3rd plural mimlerini mimlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mimime mimlerime 2nd singular mimine mimlerine 3rd singular mimine mimlerine 1st plural mimimize mimlerimize 2nd plural miminize mimlerinize 3rd plural mimlerine mimlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mimimde mimlerimde 2nd singular miminde mimlerinde 3rd singular miminde mimlerinde 1st plural mimimizde mimlerimizde 2nd plural miminizde mimlerinizde 3rd plural mimlerinde mimlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mimimden mimlerimden 2nd singular miminden mimlerinden 3rd singular miminden mimlerinden 1st plural mimimizden mimlerimizden 2nd plural miminizden mimlerinizden 3rd plural mimlerinden mimlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mimimin mimlerimin 2nd singular miminin mimlerinin 3rd singular miminin mimlerinin 1st plural mimimizin mimlerimizin 2nd plural miminizin mimlerinizin 3rd plural mimlerinin mimlerinin

Related terms

• mimlemek