different between saim vs stim

English

Etymology

From Middle English saim, a variant of seime (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). See seam.

Noun

saim (plural saims)

1. (dialect) lard

Anagrams

• AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Sami, Siam, Sima, Sámi, aims, siam, sima

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From stimulation.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

1. Any repetitive self-stimulating action. Prototypically done by autistic people to combat a lack of or excessive stimulation and also done by neurotypical people.

Translations

Verb

stim (third-person singular simple present stims, present participle stimming, simple past and past participle stimmed)

1. To perform such an action.

Translations

Etymology 2

From stimulant.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

1. (slang) A stimulant drug.

Translations

Anagrams

• ISTM, ITSM, MIST, MiST, Smit, TIMS, TIMs, TMIs, Tims, mist, smit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stím

Noun

stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimer, definite plural stimene)

stim n (definite singular stimet, indefinite plural stim, definite plural stima or stimene)

1. a school or shoal (group of fish)

Derived terms

• fiskestim

References

• “stim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stím

Noun

stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimar, definite plural stimane)

1. a school or shoal (group of fish)

Derived terms

• fiskestim

References

• “stim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stím

Noun

stim n

1. a school (a group of fish)

Declension

Related terms

• fittstim
• stimma
• STIM
• torskstim

Anagrams

• mist

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian stemme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnij?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?m/

Noun

stim c (plural stimmen, diminutive stimke)

1. voice
2. vote

Further reading

• “stim”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011