sim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sim"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

sim (plural sims)

2. (informal) Clipping of 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.

4. (informal) Clipping of simulation.
5. (informal) A simulation session or scenario.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• city sim
• dating sim
• dim sim
• farming sim
• farm sim
• life sim
• management sim
• racesim
• raising sim
• sim-com
• simrace
• sim racer

 

See also

• emulator
• model
• trainer

 

Verb

sim (third-person singular simple present sims, present participle simming, simple past and past participle simmed)

2. (informal, uncommon) Clipping of simulate.

Anagrams

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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُمّ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim/

Noun

sim (definite accusative simi, plural simlər)

1. (pathology) blood poisoning

Declension

Declension of sim
	singular	plural
nominative	sim	simlər
definite accusative	simi	simləri
dative	simə	simlərə
locative	simdə	simlərdə
ablative	simdən	simlərdən
definite genitive	simin	simlərin

Possessive forms of sim
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simim	simlərim
sənin (“your”)	simin	simlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	simi	simləri
bizim (“our”)	simimiz	simlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	siminiz	simləriniz
onların (“their”)	simi or simləri	simləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simimi	simlərimi
sənin (“your”)	simini	simlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	simini	simlərini
bizim (“our”)	simimizi	simlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	siminizi	simlərinizi
onların (“their”)	simini or simlərini	simlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simimə	simlərimə
sənin (“your”)	siminə	simlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	siminə	simlərinə
bizim (“our”)	simimizə	simlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	siminizə	simlərinizə
onların (“their”)	siminə or simlərinə	simlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simimdə	simlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	simində	simlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	simində	simlərində
bizim (“our”)	simimizdə	simlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	siminizdə	simlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	simində or simlərində	simlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simimdən	simlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	simindən	simlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	simindən	simlərindən
bizim (“our”)	simimizdən	simlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	siminizdən	simlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	simindən or simlərindən	simlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simimin	simlərimin
sənin (“your”)	siminin	simlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	siminin	simlərinin
bizim (“our”)	simimizin	simlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	siminizin	simlərinizin
onların (“their”)	siminin or simlərinin	simlərinin

Further reading

• “sim” in Obastan.com.

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

Hokkien

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

Iu Mien

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 針 (MC tsyim|tsyimH).

Noun

sim 

1. needle

Khasi

Etymology

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

Noun

sim

1. bird

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sim

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

Macanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siŋ/

Etymology 1

Derived from Portuguese sim.

Interjection

sim

1. yes

   Antonym: nunca

Derived terms

• uí-di sim (“very good!”)

Etymology 2

Derived from Portuguese sem.

Preposition

sim

1. without, -less

   Antonym: co

   sim vegônha ― shameless

   sim ninguim ― alone (literally, “without anybody”)

   Já vai sim falâ co iou ― He left without telling me

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim/

Verb

sim

1. to repent

Mòcheno

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Etymology

Inherited 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.

Northern Kurdish

sim

Noun

sim m

1. (Zoology) hoof

Parauk

Noun

sim

1. birds, ornithology.

Pnar

Etymology

Inherited 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ/

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: sim

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

Interjection

sim

1. yes (affirmative answer)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sim

   “Eles já saíram?” “Sim, saíram.”

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

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

Derived terms

• porque sim

 

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

sim (Cyrillic spelling сим)

1. (Kajkavian) hither, this way, here

   Synonyms: ȃmo, ȃmoder, òvāmo, sȉmo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsim/ [ˈsĩm]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: sim

Noun

sim m or f by sense (plural sims)

1. (video games) Sim (a character in the video game The Sims)

Anagrams

• mis

Sumerian

Romanization

sim

1. Romanization of 𒉆 (sim)

Swedish

Etymology

Back-formation from simma.

Noun

sim n

1. (almost exclusively in compounds) swimming
   1. (in compounds) stroke (swimming style)

Declension

Declension of sim

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sim	sims
	definite	simmet	simmets
plural	indefinite	sim	sims
	definite	simmen	simmens

Derived terms

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

 

References

• sim in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sim in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sim in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -ism

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsim/ [ˈsim]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: sim

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of English SIM card.

Noun

sim (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔) (telecommunications, colloquial)

1. SIM card

Etymology 2

Noun

sim (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔)

1. Alternative form of siim

Further reading

• “sim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Umbrian

The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Italic *sūs. The shift from *ū to *ī in monosyllables is regular in Umbrian, compare frif (“harvest, crop”), pir (“fire”). Cognate with Latin sūs.

Noun

sim m or f

1. (male or female) pig

References

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “si”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 46
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sūs, sŭis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 603
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 41

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) sim • (枮, 槮, 𣑷)

1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Derived terms

• rượu sim

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 心 (MC sim).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sim (Sawndip form 𦙦, 1957–1982 spelling sim)

1. heart (organ)
2. heart (seat of emotions)
3. mood; mind (to do something)
4. centre; core

sim (Sawndip forms 𱃤 or ⿰飠心, 1957–1982 spelling sim)

1. filling; stuffing

Derived terms

• simlai

 

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sîm/

Noun

sìm

1. south

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 49
• Philip Thanglienmang (2014) “Zou Tonology”, in Indian Linguistics, volume 75, numbers 1-2, →ISSN