gim

See also: Gim

English

Etymology

Compare gimp (adjective).

Adjective

gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

  1. (dialectal, dated) neat; spruce

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Min Nan 金 (kim, “gold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒim/

Noun

gim

  1. gold thread

Etymology 2

From English game.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒim/

Noun

gim

  1. game

Etymology 3

From English game point.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒim/

Noun

gim

  1. game point

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

gim

  1. game

Portuguese

Etymology

From English gin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒĩ/

Noun

gim m (plural gins)

  1. gin (liquor made with juniper berries)

Zhuang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

gim (old orthography gim)

  1. gold
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