gim

See also: Gim and GIM

English

Etymology

Compare gimp (adjective).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪm/

Adjective

gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

  1. (dialect, dated) Neat; spruce.

See also
  • gim-peg (probably etymologically unrelated)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From English game, from Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).

The original English /-ɛɪ-/ pronunciation is raised to /-ɪ-/, likely being in accordance with rules of loans from Dutch like praktijk (pronounced with /-ɛɪ-/) → praktik.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪm]

Noun

gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

  1. game
    Synonym: permainan
    pengembang gim ― game developer

Etymology 2

From Betawi gim, from Hokkien 金 (kim, “gold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪm]

Noun

gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

  1. (Jakarta) gold thread

Etymology 3

From English game point. Under influence by the same word in etymology 1.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪm]

Noun

gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

  1. (colloquial) game point

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

gim

  1. game

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • gin (unadapted spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: gim

Noun

gim m (plural gins)

  1. gin (liquor made with juniper berries)

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 金 (MC kim). Cognate with Thai คำ (kam), Northern Thai ᨤᩴᩣ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), Lü ᦆᧄ (xam), Shan ၶမ်း (khám), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜪 (khraṃ), Saek กฺั๊ม.

Pronunciation

Noun

gim (1957–1982 spelling gim)

  1. gold
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