different between slims vs slips

English

Verb

slims

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slim

Noun

slims

1. plural of slim

Anagrams

• misls

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German slim or from Middle Dutch slim (“twisted, crooked; bad, evil”); compare also German schlimm (“bad, evil; (col.) sick”). First attested in the 17th century, mostly with meanings such as “bad”, “useless”, “inappropriate”, “evil”, or “wild”, or more rarely “sick”. This last meaning “sick” was apparently more frequent in Southern Kurzeme dialects; in Vidzeme, this meaning was not attested still in the 18th century. It became more frequent in written Latvian with the works of G. F. Stenders in the late 18th century, especially his dictionary, in which German krank was translated as slims, and in which slims was no longer translated as “bad,” “useless”. Stenders also coined the terms slim?ba, slimnieks, apslimt and slim?ties (but curiously not slimot, which appeared only in the 19th century).

Pronunciation

Adjective

slims (definite slimais, comparative slim?ks, superlative visslim?kais, adverb slimi)

1. sick, ill, diseased (having a disturbance in the normal functioning of the body or one or some of its parts)

Declension

Antonyms

• vesels

Derived terms

• slim?ba
• slimn?ca
• slim?gs
• slimnieks, slimniece
• slimot

References

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl?ps/

Verb

slips

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slip

Noun

slips

1. plural of slip

Noun

slips pl (plural only)

1. (cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively

Anagrams

• lisps

Danish

Noun

slips n (singular definite slipset, plural indefinite slips)

1. necktie

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

slips

1. plural of slip

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl??ps/
• Rhymes: -??ps

Noun

slips n (genitive singular slips, plural slips)

1. necktie

Declension

French

Noun

slips m

1. plural of slip

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slips n (definite singular slipset, indefinite plural slips, definite plural slipsa or slipsene)

1. a tie or necktie (type of formal male neckwear)

References

• “slips” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

slips n (definite singular slipset, indefinite plural slips, definite plural slipsa)

1. a tie or necktie (as above)

References

• “slips” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

slips c

1. necktie; a type of neckwear

Declension

Related terms

• slipsknut
• slipsnål