different between gui vs wimp

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i/

Etymology 1

From Middle French guy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin viscum, influenced by Frankish *w?hsila.

Noun

gui m (plural guis)

1. mistletoe

Etymology 2

From Dutch giek.

Noun

gui m (plural guis)

1. (nautical) spar (pole that supports a sail)

Further reading

• “gui” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Guaraní

Preposition

gui

1. from

Mandarin

Romanization

gui

1. Nonstandard spelling of gu?.
2. Nonstandard spelling of guí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gu?.
4. Nonstandard spelling of guì.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

English

Etymology

Possible contraction of "whimper". The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

wimp (plural wimps)

1. (derogatory, slang) someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy
2. Alternative spelling of WIMP

Synonyms

• (someone who lacks confidence or courage): sissy, softy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop or Thesaurus:coward

Derived terms

• wimpish
• wimply
• wimp out
• wimpy

Translations

Verb

wimp (third-person singular simple present wimps, present participle wimping, simple past and past participle wimped)

1. (intransitive) To behave submissively.
2. (transitive) To render wimpy.

Finnish

Etymology

According to the English abbreviation WIMP.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wimp/, [?wimp]
• Rhymes: -imp
• Syllabification: wimp

Noun

wimp

1. (astronomy, physics) weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP

Declension