different between mime vs dumbness

English

Etymology

From Old English m?ma ("a mime") from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mîmos, “imitator, actor”). Reinforced in Middle English by French mime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Noun

mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)

1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
2. A pantomime actor.
3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
4. A performer of such a farce.
5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.

Related terms

• pantomime

Translations

Verb

mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)

1. To mimic.
2. To act without words.
3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

Translations

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

See also

• lip-synch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mim/
• Rhymes: -im

Etymology 1

From Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mîmos)

Noun

mime m (plural mimes)

1. pantomime actor, mime
2. pantomime

Derived terms

• mimer

Etymology 2

Verb

mime

1. first-person singular present indicative of mimer
2. third-person singular present indicative of mimer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mimer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mimer
5. second-person singular imperative of mimer

Anagrams

• emmi

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mime

1. inflection of mimen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

mime

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Noun

m?me

1. vocative singular of m?mus

Portuguese

Verb

mime

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of mimir
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of mimir

Spanish

Verb

mime

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mimar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mimar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mimar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mimar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb +? -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).

Noun

dumbness (usually uncountable, plural dumbnesses)

1. The state of being dumb or mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Sissy's Job," [1]

     He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.

2. Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
   • 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show: 15 May 1611; posthumous publication: 1623], Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 2:

     There was speech in their dumbness.

3. Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
   • 1623 Shakespeare, William [posthumous publication], Timon of Athens, Act 1, Scene 1:

     To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.

4. (informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.

Related terms

• dumb
• dumb-show

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