different between stim vs stig

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

English

Etymology

Believed to have originated from the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, ?ISBN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/

Noun

stig (plural stigs)

1. (Britain, derogatory) Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

Synonyms

See chav.

Anagrams

• GTis, ISTG, gist, gits, tigs

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti?j/

Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, plural stig)

1. pace
2. stair, rung
3. (dance) step
4. niveau, level
5. degree (Celsius etc.)
6. (sports) score

Declension

Synonyms

• (pace): fet, fótafet, gongd
• (dancing step): stev, fótastig

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, nominative plural stig)

1. level
2. degree
3. stage
4. point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
5. (baseball, cricket) run

Declension

Synonyms

• (level): staða
• (degree): gráða
• (stage): áfangi

Derived terms

• á þessu stigi, á þessu stigi málsins
• á háu stigi
• öryggisstig (security level)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stig

1. imperative of stige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stígr.

Noun

stig m (definite singular stigen, indefinite plural stigar, definite plural stigane)

1. alternative form of sti

Etymology 2

Verb

stig

1. present tense of stige
2. imperative of stige

Etymology 3

Noun

stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by steg

References

• “stig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *st?g?, from *st?gan? (“climb”) ( > Old English st?gan). Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *st?gaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?j/

Noun

st?? f (nominative plural st??a or st??e)

1. path (especially steep or narrow)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: sty

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stij?. Cognate with Old Norse stí (Danish sti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stij/

Noun

sti? n (nominative plural sti?)

1. hall, building, sty

Declension

Derived terms

• st?gweard (“steward”)

Descendants

• Middle English: sty
  • English: sty

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to stíga.

Noun

stig n

1. step, pace
2. step (of a ladder)
3. (plural only) degree, rank

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: stig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steg
• Norwegian Bokmål: steg

References

• stig in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish st?gher, from Old Norse stígr, from Proto-Germanic *st?gu- or Proto-Germanic *st?gi-.Cognate with Danish sti and German Steig.Related to Swedish stiga.See also Old English stig.

Noun

stig c

1. path, trail

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stig

1. imperative of stiga.

Anagrams

• tigs