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Kim

Kim

See also: kim, kìm, and kiṃ

English

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A male given name, a short form of Kimball or Kimberley.
    • 1901 Rudyard Kipling, Kim, Chapter 1
      The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment.
  2. A female given name used since 1940s, a short form of Kimberly/Kimberley.
    • 1926 Edna Ferber, Show Boat, Doubleday, Page & Co, page 1:
      Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse. - - - It is no secret that the absurd monosyllable which comprises her given name is made up of the first letters of three states — Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri — in all of which she was, incredibly enough, born .
    • 1991 Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, ISBN 0670839043, page 16
      It will take some getting used to, a husband named Kim. She has known girls named Kim since she was a squirt in a sunsuit. Quite a few really. Kimberleys and plain Kims.
Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • Gim

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A surname, the English form of a surname very common in Korea. ( (Gim), ), the most common Korean surname.

Danish

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A male given name, short form of Joakim.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 34 878 males with the given name Kim have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪm

See also

Proper noun

Kim ?

  1. A female given name borrowed from English.

Anagrams


German

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A male given name derived from Joachim.
  2. A female given name recently borrowed from English.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A male given name shortened from Joakim.

Swedish

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A male given name shortened from Joakim.
  2. A female given name recently borrowed from English.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (“gold”), from Middle Chinese (kim)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kim

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name

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kim

See also: Kim, kìm, and kiṃ

Crimean Tatar

Pronoun

kim

  1. who, whom

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːm/, [kʰiːˀm]

Noun

kim c, n (singular definite kimen or kimet, plural indefinite kim, plural definite kimene)

  1. germ
  2. seeds pl

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

kim c (plural kimmen, diminutive kimmetje n)

  1. horizon

Synonyms

Anagrams


Livonian

Numeral

kim

  1. (cardinal) ten

Declension

Usage notes

In names of tens kim takes on the form kimdõ – declension type 118 – sieldõ. In vīžkimdõ both compound components are declineable, e.g., in genitive vīdkimdõ.

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Related terms


Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲim/

Pronoun

kim

  1. instrumental of chto
  2. locative of chto

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cĩm]

Pronoun

kim

  1. instrumental of kto
  2. locative of kto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From German Kümmel, from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kîm/

Noun

kȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏м)

  1. caraway (Persian cumin)
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kîːm/

Pronoun

kȋm (Cyrillic spelling ки̑м)

  1. (with) whom (instrumental)
Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰚𐰢 (kim, who), from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cim/

Pronoun

kim

  1. who

Declension


Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (“metal; gold”)

Noun

kim

  1. (only in compounds) a metal
  2. (only in compounds) gold
  3. Metal, one of the Wu Xing
    Thổ sinh kim. Kim sinh thuỷ.
    Hoả khắc kim. Kim khắc mộc.
    Earth bears Metal. Metal enriches Water.
    Fire melts Metal. Metal chops Wood.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *kiːm. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (“needle”; SV: châm)

Noun

kim

  1. a needle
  2. (of a clock/watch) a hand
Derived terms

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Volapük

Pronoun

kim

  1. who (nominative)