intime

See also: intimé, and in time

English

Etymology

From Latin intimus (“innermost”) perhaps via French intime. Compare intimate (adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɪm/

Adjective

intime (comparative more intime, superlative most intime)

1. (obsolete) inward; internal; intimate
   • a. 1665, Sir Kenelm Digby, Of bodies and of mans soul to discover the immortality:

     As to the composition or dissolution of mixed bodies, which is the chief work of elements, and requires an intime application of the agents, water hath the principality and excess over earth.

   • 1988 April 9, Gordon Gottlieb, “The Urban Gay Camp and Croon”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

     What is it about gay men that they're so often linked with musical revue in a cabaret milieu? Is it the intimate ambience — more intime, more revealing — than larger stage productions? Is there more room for specialized acts that need not draw a larger (read straighter) crowd?

References

“intime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nimite

Esperanto

Etymology

intima +‎ -e

Adverb

intime

1. intimately

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tim/

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Adjective

intime (plural intimes)

1. intimate
2. inner

Derived terms

• intimement
• intimité
• journal intime
• pour les intimes

Descendants

• → Dutch: intiem
  • Afrikaans: intiem
• → Romanian: intim

Further reading

• “intime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intime

1. inflection of intim:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

intime

1. feminine plural of intimo

Anagrams

• mentii, timine

Latin

Adjective

intime

1. vocative masculine singular of intimus

References

• “intime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

intime

1. definite singular of intim
2. plural of intim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

intime

1. definite singular of intim
2. plural of intim

Portuguese

Verb

intime

1. inflection of intimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

intime

1. inflection of intimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative