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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sim"
English
Alternative forms
- (patronymic surname): Simm
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪm
Etymology 1
From Middle English Sym, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.
Proper noun
Sim
- A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
- A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hokkien 沈 (Sím) or Teochew 沈 (sim2).
Proper noun
Sim
- A surname from Hokkien.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).
Proper noun
Sim
- A surname from Korean.
Etymology 4
Noun
Sim (plural Sims) (Christianity)
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
Etymology 5
From the title of The Sims, which most likely came from clipping of simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games; compare sim (“simulator, simulation”).
Noun
Sim (plural Sims)
- (video games) Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
- (often derogatory) Someone who is, or is accused of, acting like a bumbling fool.
- Near-synonym: NPC
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sim is the 5732nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6047 individuals. Sim is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.08%) and White (22.69%) individuals.
Anagrams
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Vietnamese
Etymology
From the flower Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a female given name
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