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diz
English
Verb
diz
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of de
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dee
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [1]
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *d??, *d?? (“knee”). Cognate with Turkish diz (“knee”).
Noun
diz (definite accusative dizi, plural dizl?r)
- knee
Declension
Ladino
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish diz.
Noun
diz m (Latin spelling)
- (anatomy) knee
Synonyms
- djinoyo
Noun
diz
- pile of trash and debris or driftwood accumulated in a stream by the whirling water
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Related to Persian ???? (dozd).
Noun
diz ?
- thief
Old French
Noun
diz m
- inflection of dit:
- oblique plural
- nominative singular
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?di?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d??is/, /?d??i?/
Verb
diz
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of dizer
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of dizer
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (diz, “knee”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (diz, “knee”), from Proto-Turkic *d??, *d?? (“knee”). Compare Hungarian térd (“knee”), a Turkic borrowing. See also dirsek (“elbow”), a derivation from the same root.
Noun
diz (definite accusative dizi, plural dizler)
- (anatomy) knee
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- dirsek
Etymology 2
Verb
diz
- second-person singular imperative of dizmek
References
diz From the web:
- what dizziness
- what dizzy means
- what size
- what dizziness feels like
- what dizziness can mean
- what size bike do i need
- what size is a4
- what size is a queen bed
dim
Translingual
Symbol
dim
- (mathematics) dimension
English
Etymology
From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?em- (“to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur, Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?m, IPA(key): /d?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Adjective
dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)
- Not bright or colorful.
- The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.
- 1821, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais
- that sustaining Love / Which, through the web of being blindly wove / By man and beast and earth and air and sea, / Burns bright or dim
- (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
- He may be a bit dim, but he's not stupid.
- Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
- His vision grew dimmer as he aged.
- Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
- (music) Clipping of diminished.
Translations
Noun
dim (uncountable)
- (archaic) Dimness.
Verb
dim (third-person singular simple present dims, present participle dimming, simple past and past participle dimmed)
- (transitive) To make something less bright.
- He dimmed the lights and put on soft music.
- (intransitive) To become darker.
- The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.
- To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- a king among his courtiers, […] who out to dim the lustre of all his attendants
- 1791, William Cowper, The Odyssey of Homer
- Now set the sun, and twilight dimm'd the ways.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
- 1740, Christopher Pitt, The Aeneid
- Her starry eyes were dimm'd with streaming tears.
- 1740, Christopher Pitt, The Aeneid
Derived terms
- bedim
- dimly
- dimmer (noun)
Translations
Anagrams
- DMI, IDM, IM'd, IMD, MDI, MID, Mid., mid, mid-
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?m]
- Hyphenation: dim
Etymology 1
From Dutch duim.
Noun
dim (first-person possessive dimku, second-person possessive dimmu, third-person possessive dimnya)
- thumb
- inch
- Synonym: inci
Etymology 2
From English dimmer.
Noun
dim (first-person possessive dimku, second-person possessive dimmu, third-person possessive dimnya)
- high-beam headlamp on a road vehicle.
Further reading
- “dim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Verb
dim
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of dim?t
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of dim?t
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of dim?t
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of dim?t
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.
Adjective
dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmere, indefinite superlative dimmest, definite superlative dimmeste)
- dim
- to have bad vision
- Han er dim på synet
- His vision is dim/bad/poor
- Han er dim på synet
References
- “dim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From the Old Norse adjective dimmr, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz. The neuter noun is derived from the adjective. The automotive senses may be a Back-formation from - of the verb dimme.
Adjective
dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmare, indefinite superlative dimmast, definite superlative dimmaste)
- gloomy
- dim
- having bad vision
- Han er dim på synet
- His vision is dim/bad/poor
- Han er dim på synet
Related terms
- dimma, dimme (verb)
Noun 1
dim m (definite singular dimmen, indefinite plural dimmar, definite plural dimmane)
- (automotive, colloquial) a switching of one's headlamps from high-beam to low-beam
- (automotive, colloquial) lever, button or other
- (dialectal) Clipping of dimme (“twilight, half darkness”).
Noun 2
dim n (definite singular dimmet, uncountable)
- (dialectal) dimmest, darkest part of the summer night
- (dialectal) twilight
- Synonym: skumring
Etymology 2
Noun
dim m (definite singular dimmen, indefinite plural dimmar, definite plural dimmane)
- (colloquial) Clipping of dimensjon.
References
- “dim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- mid-
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dym?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dîm/
Noun
d?m m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- smoke
Declension
Derived terms
- dimni signal
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dym?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dím/
Noun
d?m m inan
- smoke
Inflection
Further reading
- “dim”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?m/
Adjective
dim
- any
- no, not, none
Noun
dim m (uncountable)
- anything
- nothing, none, nil, zero
Particle
dim
- not
Usage notes
As a verbal particle, almost always appears mutated as ddim.
Mutation
dim From the web:
- what dimension are we in
- what dimes are worth money
- what dimension do we live in
- what dimes are silver
- what dimension is time
- what dimensions are a queen size bed
- what dimensions are instagram posts
- what dimensions are a full size bed
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