dim

dim

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Translingual

Symbol

dim

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dime.
  2. (mathematics) dimension

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Dime terms

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭm, IPA(key): /dɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).

Adjective

dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)

  1. Not bright or colorful.
    Synonyms: dull, dingy; see also Thesaurus:dim
  2. (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
  3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:indistinct
  4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
    Synonyms: deprecative, improbatory, reprobative, reprobatory
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

dim (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Dimness.

Verb

dim (third-person singular simple present dims, present participle dimming, simple past and past participle dimmed)

  1. (transitive) To make something less bright.
  2. (intransitive) To become darker.
  3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.
  4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
  6. (figurative) To diminish, dull, or curtail.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • dim mak (etymologically unrelated)
  • dim sum (etymologically unrelated)

Etymology 2

Adjective

dim (not comparable)

  2. (music) Clipping of diminished.

See also

  • dim. (diminuendo)

Anagrams

  • IMD, IDM, Mid., MID, mid, 'mid, mid-, DMI, MDI, IM'd

Galician

Verb

dim

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of dizer

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪm]
  • Hyphenation: dim

Etymology 1

From Dutch duim.

Noun

dim (first-person possessive dimku, second-person possessive dimmu, third-person possessive dimnya)

  1. thumb
  2. inch
    Synonym: inci

Etymology 2

From English dimmer.

Noun

dim (first-person possessive dimku, second-person possessive dimmu, third-person possessive dimnya)

  1. high-beam headlamp on a road vehicle.

Further reading

  • “dim” 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.

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdim/
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification: dim

Noun

dim m inan

  1. smoke

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dym”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “dim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Verb

dim

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of dimēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of dimēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of dimēt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.

Adjective

dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmere, indefinite superlative dimmest, definite superlative dimmeste)

  1. dim
  2. to have bad vision
    Han er dim på synet
    His vision is dim/bad/poor

References

  • “dim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse adjective dimmr, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz. The neuter noun is derived from the adjective. The automotive senses may be a Back-formation from - of the verb dimme.

Adjective

dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmare, indefinite superlative dimmast, definite superlative dimmaste)

  1. gloomy
  2. dim
  3. having bad vision
    Han er dim på synet
    His vision is dim/bad/poor
Related terms
  • dimma, dimme (verb)

Noun

dim m (definite singular dimmen, indefinite plural dimmar, definite plural dimmane)

  1. (automotive, colloquial) a switching of one's headlamps from high-beam to low-beam
  2. (automotive, colloquial) lever, button or other
  3. (dialectal) Clipping of dimme (“twilight, half darkness”).

Noun

dim n (definite singular dimmet, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) dimmest, darkest part of the summer night
  2. (dialectal) twilight
    Synonym: skumring

Etymology 2

Noun

dim m (definite singular dimmen, indefinite plural dimmar, definite plural dimmane)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of dimensjon.

References

  • “dim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • mid-

Old English

Adjective

dim

  1. Alternative form of dimm

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dū́ˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîm/

Noun

dȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏м)

  1. smoke

Declension

Derived terms

  • dimni signal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dím/

Noun

dȉm m inan

  1. smoke

Inflection

Further reading

  • “dim”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Sumerian

Romanization

dim

  1. Romanization of 𒁴 (dim)

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duim.

Noun

dim

  1. inch

References

  • Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Talysh

Noun

dim

  1. face

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dim, cognate with the rare Old Irish dim (“something, anything”) (which may be a Brythonic loanword), with further etymology uncertain. Matasović derives the word from Proto-Celtic *dis-smi-, dissimilated from Proto-Indo-European *dus-smi- (literally “bad one”). Alternatively, Morris-Jones hypothesizes the original meaning was “share, portion” and derives the word from Proto-Celtic *dīsman, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to share”).

Development of the particle sense (“not”) is an instance of Jespersen's Cycle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

dim

  1. any
  2. no, not, none

Pronoun

dim

  1. (in negative phrases) nothing, anything
    Synonym: dim byd
  2. none, nil, zero

Derived terms

  • dim byd (“nothing”)
  • dim ond (“only”)
  • da i ddim (“good for nothing, useless”)
  • dim o beth (“pipsqueak, knee-high to a grasshopper”)

Related terms

  • be', beth (“what”)
  • pob dim, popeth (“everything”)
  • rhywbeth (“something”)
  • unrhyw beth (“anything”)

Particle

dim

  1. not

Usage notes

As a verbal particle, almost always appears mutated as ddim.

Synonyms

  • ni (“not”) (literary)

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dim”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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