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Translingual

Symbol

diam

1. (mathematics) diameter

   ${\displaystyle \mathrm {diam} (X):=\sup\{d(x,y):x,y\in X\}}$

English

Etymology 1

From diameter.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diameter.

Related terms

• diam.

Etymology 2

From diamond.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diamond.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective).

Interjection

diam

1. (informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet.

Further reading

• Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, maid

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.am/

Etymology 1

From Malay diam, from Proto-Malayic *hid?m, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hid?m.

Adjective

diam (plural diam-diam)

1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

Noun

diam (first-person possessive diamku, second-person possessive diammu, third-person possessive diamnya)

1. quiet

Synonyms

• senyap

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay diam.

Verb

diam

1. (obsolete) to stay

Synonyms

• duduk (obsolete)
• tinggal

Derived terms

Anagrams

• idam, madi

Further reading

• “diam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Adjective

diam

1. accusative feminine singular of dius

Malay

Alternative forms

• diem (Javanese Malay)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.am/
• Rhymes: -iam, -jam, -am

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *hid?m, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hid?m. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

diam (Jawi spelling ?????, plural diam-diam)

1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

Synonyms

• senyap / ????

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

diam (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. to stay

Synonyms

• tinggal
• duduk (informal)

Derived terms

Anagrams

• idam

English

Noun

diad (plural diads)

1. (chemistry) A sequence of two (different) monomers in a polymer
2. (anatomy) A structure in the cardiac myocyte

Anagrams

• Dida, daid