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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. (김 ‎(Gim), 金), 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 金 (“gold”), from Middle Chinese 金 ‎(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.

See also

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 金 (“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
See also

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kim

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

See also

Volapük

Pronoun

kim

  1. who (nominative)

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

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