different between dime vs dize
dime
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
Etymology 1
Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of decime.
Noun
dime (plural dimes)
- (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- Coordinate terms: quarter, nickel, penny
- (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
- (US, basketball) An assist.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
- (slang) Ten dollars.
- (slang) A thousand dollars.
- Synonym: grand
- (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
- (slang) Payment responsibility
- (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
- (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
Synonyms
- (coin): ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- buck
- dollar
- mill
- nickel
- quarter
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Etymology 2
From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.
Verb
dime (third-person singular simple present dimes, present participle diming, simple past and past participle dimed)
- (US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
- Synonyms: drop a dime on someone, dime out; see also Thesaurus:rat out
- (US, slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
References
Anagrams
- Demi, Diem, demi, demi-, idem, meid
Italian
Noun
dime f
- plural of dima
Anagrams
- idem, medi
Ladino
Verb
dime
- imperative singular of dezir with first-person singular pronoun attached: tell me.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???m/
Noun
dime m (definite singular dimen, indefinite plural dimes, definite plural dimene)
- a dime
References
- “dime” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dime” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???m/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
dime m (definite singular dimen, indefinite plural dimes, definite plural dimane)
- a dime
Anagrams
- deim, demi-
Spanish
Verb
dime
- Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decir, di and the pronoun me.
- ¡Dime!
- Tell me!
- ¡Dime!
See also
- dinos
- diles
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dize
English
Alternative forms
- dise
Etymology
From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disan? (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”).
Verb
dize (third-person singular simple present dizes, present participle dizing, simple past and past participle dized)
- (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To put tow on a distaff.
Related terms
- dizen
Anagrams
- Diez, zeid
Portuguese
Verb
dize
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of dizer
Spanish
Verb
dize
- Archaic spelling of dice.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dize]
- Hyphenation: di?ze
Etymology 1
Noun
dize
- dative singular of diz
See also
- dize gelmek
Etymology 2
Noun
dize (definite accusative dizeyi, plural dizeler)
- (poetry) line
Synonyms
- m?sra
Declension
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di?z?/
Noun
dize c (plural dizen)
- fog
Further reading
- “dize”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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