mime
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Via Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mimos, “imitator, actor”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
mime (plural mimes)
- A form of acting without words; pantomime
- A pantomime actor
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce
- A performer of such a farce
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
pantomime
pantomime actor
person who mimics others in a comical manner
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Verb [edit]
mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)
- To mimic.
- To act without words.
- To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use sound.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:imitate
See also [edit]
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
mime
- first-person singular present indicative of mimer
- third-person singular present indicative of mimer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mimer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of mimer
- second-person singular imperative of mimer
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
mīme
- vocative singular of mīmus
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
mime (infinitive: mimir)
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of mimir
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of mimir
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
mime (infinitive mimar)
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- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
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- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
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