different between grim vs gim
grim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English grim, from Old English grim, grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?rem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Noun sense derives from adjective, from 1620s.
Adjective
grim (comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)
- dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
- rigid and unrelenting
- His grim determination enabled him to win.
- ghastly or sinister
- A grim castle overshadowed the village.
- 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- disgusting; gross
- - Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge?
- Mate, that is grim!
- - Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge?
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
grim (plural grims)
- (obsolete) specter, ghost, haunting spirit
Verb
grim (third-person singular simple present grims, present participle grimming, simple past and past participle grimmed)
- (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
Etymology 2
From Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, from Proto-Germanic *grimm?? (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, Middle High German grimme f (“anger”), modern German Grimm m.
Noun
grim (uncountable)
- (archaic) Anger, wrath.
Derived terms
- grimful
- grimless
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????m?]
Etymology
From Old Norse grimmr, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.
Adjective
grim
- ugly, unsightly
- nasty
Inflection
Kalasha
Verb
grim
- taking
Old English
Alternative forms
- grimm
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *grimm.
Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm, grimmig), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim, Swedish grym); and with Greek ??????? (chremízo), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (gr?m?ti) (Russian ???????? (gremét?)), Latvian gremt.
Perhaps related in Old Norse to veiled or hooded, Grim is also an alternate name for Odin, who often went around disguised; compare the hooded appearance of The Grim Reaper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rim/
Adjective
grim
- fierce, severe, terrible, savage, cruel, angry
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: grim
- Scots: grim
- English: grim
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gim
English
Etymology
Compare gimp (adjective).
Adjective
gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)
- (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)
- (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)
- 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)
- (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
- game
Portuguese
Etymology
From English gin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Noun
gim m (plural gins)
- 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)
- gold
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