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Kim
Kim
English
Proper noun
Kim
- 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.
- 1901 Rudyard Kipling, Kim, Chapter 1
- 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.
- 1926 Edna Ferber, Show Boat, Doubleday, Page & Co, page 1:
Translations
male given name
surname
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- Gim
Proper noun
Kim
- A surname, the English form of a surname very common in Korea. (김 (Gim), 金), the most common Korean surname.
Danish
Proper noun
Kim
- 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 ?
- A female given name borrowed from English.
Anagrams
German
Proper noun
Kim
- A male given name derived from Joachim.
- A female given name recently borrowed from English.
Swedish
Proper noun
Kim
- A male given name shortened from Joakim.
- A female given name recently borrowed from English.
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 金 (“gold”), from Middle Chinese 金 (kim)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kim˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kim˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kim˧˥]
- Homophone: kim
Proper noun
- A surname.
- A female given name
kim
kim
Crimean Tatar
Pronoun
kim
Declension
Declension of kim
nominative | kim |
---|---|
genitive | kimniñ |
dative | kimge |
accusative | kimni |
locative | kimde |
ablative | kimden |
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)
Livonian
Numeral
kim
- (cardinal) ten
Declension
Declension of kim
singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
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nominative (nominatīv) | kim | kimmõd |
genitive (genitīv) | kim | kimmõd |
partitive (partitīv) | kimmõ | kimmidi |
dative (datīv) | kimmõn | kimmõdõn |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | kimmõks | kimmõdõks |
illative (illatīv) | kimmõ | kimmiž |
inessive (inesīv) | kims kimsõ |
kimmis |
elative (elatīv) | kimst kimstõ |
kimmist |
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.
See also
- Livonian cardinals (1–11):
Related terms
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)
Declension
Declension of kim
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kîːm/
Pronoun
kȋm (Cyrillic spelling ки̑м)
- (with) whom (instrumental)
Declension
Declension of kim
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic 𐰚𐰢 (kim, “who”), from Proto-Turkic [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cim/
Pronoun
kim
Declension
declension of kim
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kim˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kim˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kim˧˥]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 金 (“metal; gold”)
Noun
kim
- (only in compounds) a metal
- (only in compounds) gold
- Metal, one of the Wu Xing
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Thổ sinh kim. Kim sinh thuỷ.
Hoả khắc kim. Kim khắc mộc.- Earth bears Metal. Metal enriches Water.
Fire melts Metal. Metal chops Wood.
- Earth bears Metal. Metal enriches Water.
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Thổ sinh kim. Kim sinh thuỷ.
Derived terms
- á kim
- giả kim
- giả kim thuật
- hoàng kim
- hợp kim
- kim cương
- kim khí
- kim loại
- Kim tinh
- luyện kim
- nhà giả kim (“alchemist”)
- phi kim
- thuật giả kim (“alchemy”)
See also
- ngũ hành
- vàng
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *kiːm. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 針 (“needle”; SV: châm)
Noun
kim