sim

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

English

Etymology

Shortening of simulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪm/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

sim (plural sims)

1. (informal) A simulation or simulator.

   They played a flight sim all afternoon.

   • 2009 July 11, Darren Zenko, “U.K. pair turn time into romp”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward.

Anagrams

• -ism, IMS, IMs, ISM, MIS, MIs, MSI, ism, mis-

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Beja

Etymology

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

Noun

sim

1. name

References

• Bedawiyet Swadesh List. (2010, September 16). Retrieved December 06, 2020, from https://ia600500.us.archive.org/27/items/rosettaproject_bej_swadesh-1/bej.txt

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Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 針 (MC t͡ɕiɪm, t͡ɕiɪm^H).

Noun

sim 

1. needle

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Khasi

Etymology

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

Noun

sim

1. bird

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sim/, [s̠ɪ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sim/, [sim]

Verb

sim

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of sim – see 心 (“heart; mind; etc.”). (This character, sim, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 心.)

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Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim/

Verb

sim

1. to repent

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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

• “sim” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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Northern Kurdish

sim

Noun

sim m

1. hoof

This Northern Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at hoof. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sim in the Northern Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Pnar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim/

Noun

sim

1. bird

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ(j̃)/
• Hyphenation: sim
• Rhymes: -ĩ

• Audio

  (file)

Interjection

sim

1. yes (affirmative answer)

   “Eles já saíram?” “Sim, saíram.”

   “Have they left?” “Yes, they have.”

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sim

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

• não; see Thesaurus:sim#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

• não

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

sim (Cyrillic spelling сим)

1. (Kajkavian) hither, this way, here

Synonyms

• ȃmo, ȃmoder, òvāmo, sȉmo

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Sumerian

Romanization

sim

1. Romanization of 𒉆 (sim)

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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

• bröstsim
• fjärilsim
• frisim
• grodsim
• hundsim
• klädsim
• konstsim
• ryggsim
• simbassäng
• simborgare
• simborgarmärke
• simdyna
• simfötter
• simglasögon
• simhall
• simhopp
• simlärare
• simmärke
• simskola
• simstil
• simsätt

 

Anagrams

• -ism

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) sim • (枮, 槮, 𣑷)

1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 心 (MC siɪm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θim˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sim¹
• Hyphenation: sim

Noun

sim (old orthography sim)

1. heart

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Zou

Noun

sim

1. south

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf