mima

See also: Mima, mimá, mìmǎ, and miːma

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

mima

1. third-person singular past historic of mimer

Anagrams

• miam

Italian

Verb

mima

1. inflection of mimare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Imma, imam

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.ma]

Noun

mīma f (genitive mīmae); first declension

1. mime actress, mime actor (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mīma	mīmae
genitive	mīmae	mīmārum
dative	mīmae	mīmīs
accusative	mīmam	mīmās
ablative	mīmā	mīmīs
vocative	mīma	mīmae

Related terms

• mīmus

References

• “mima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "mima", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mima”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

mima

1. inflection of mimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of mimir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mimer.

Verb

a mima (third-person singular present mimează, past participle mimat) 1st conjugation

1. to mimic

Conjugation

    conjugation of mima (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a mima
gerund			mimând
past participle			mimat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	mimez	mimezi	mimează	mimăm	mimați	mimează
	imperfect	mimam	mimai	mima	mimam	mimați	mimau
	simple perfect	mimai	mimași	mimă	mimarăm	mimarăți	mimară
	pluperfect	mimasem	mimaseși	mimase	mimaserăm	mimaserăți	mimaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mimez	să mimezi	să mimeze	să mimăm	să mimați	să mimeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		mimează			mimați
	negative		nu mima			nu mimați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmima/ [ˈmi.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: mi‧ma

Verb

mima

1. inflection of mimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of mimir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Verb

mima (present mimar, preterite mimade, supine mimat, imperative mima)

1. to lip-sync
2. to mime (perform pantomime)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mima (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	mima		—
supine	mimat		—
imperative	mima		—
imper. plural1	mimen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	mimar	mimade	—	—
ind. plural1	mima	mimade	—	—
subjunctive2	mime	mimade	—	—
present participle		mimande
past participle		mimad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “mima”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mima”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• imam, imma

Tagalog

Etymology

From back slang of mami, from English mommy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmima/ [ˈmiː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: mi‧ma

Noun

mima (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜋ) (back slang, endearing)

1. female friend