different between gim vs vim

English

Etymology

Compare gimp (adjective).

Adjective

gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

1. (dialect, dated) neat; spruce

Anagrams

• IGM, IMG, IgM, MIG, MiG, Mig

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???m]

Noun

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

1. (Jakarta) gold thread

Etymology 2

From English game, from Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gaman? (“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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???m]

Noun

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

1. game

   Synonym: permainan

Etymology 3

From English game point.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???m]

Noun

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

1. (colloquial) game point

Further reading

• “gim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

gim

1. game

Portuguese

Etymology

From English gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

gim m (plural gins)

1. gin (liquor made with juniper berries)

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese ? (MC k?i?m). Cognate with Thai ?? (kam), Northern Thai ???, Lao ?? (kham), Lü ?? (xam), Shan ???? (khám), Ahom ???????? (kham) or ???????????? (khram), Saek ?????.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gim (old orthography gim)

1. gold

English

Etymology

Possibly from Latin vim, accusative singular of v?s (“force, power, strength; (New Latin) energy, force”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh?- (“to chase, pursue”); compare English vis); but perhaps a modern expressive formation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /v?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

vim (uncountable)

1. Ready vitality and vigour. [from mid 19th c.]

   Synonyms: energy, go, pep, pizzazz, verve, zest

Derived terms

• vim and vigor
• vimless

Related terms

• vis
• violence
• violate

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:enthusiasm

References

Further reading

• vim (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “vim”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• IVM, VMI

Latin

Noun

vim

1. accusative singular of v?s

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vim

1. imperative of vima

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?v?/

Verb

vim

1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of vir
2. (Brazil, proscribed) Alternative form of vir when used with auxiliary verbs