English Explanatory Dictionary

kim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of gim (“edible seaweed”).
name
  1. A unisex given name.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
name
  1. A surname from Korean.
name
  1. An Mbum language of southern Chad.

Pronunciation

/kɪm/ [kʰɪm] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kim.wav

Word forms

kim Kims

Etymology

Clipping of Kimball and Kimberley as a male name, and of Kimberley and Kimberly as a female name.

Related words

Gim

Derived words

Kimmi Kimmie Kimmy

Translations

Arabic: كِيم Belarusian: Кім Bulgarian: Ким Catalan: Quim Chinese Mandarin: 金 Danish: Kim Japanese: キム Macedonian: Ким Norwegian: Kim Portuguese: Kim Russian: Ким Serbo-Croatian: Ким Serbo-Croatian: Kim Slovak: Kim Swedish: Kim Ukrainian: Кім Dutch: Kim
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