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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• IGM, IMG, IgM, MIG, MiG, Mig, img

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 (plural gim-gim)

1. game

   Synonym: permainan

   pengembang gim ― game developer

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪm]

Noun

gim (plural gim-gim)

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 (plural gim-gim)

1. (colloquial) game point

Further reading

• “gim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

gim

1. game

Old English

Noun

ġim m

1. Alternative form of ġimm

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gin (unadapted spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒĩ/

• 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

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kim˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gim¹
• Hyphenation: gim

Noun

gim (1957–1982 spelling gim)

1. gold