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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of simultaneous.

Pronunciation

Noun

simul (plural simuls)

  1. (gaming) An exhibition in which one (typically much stronger) player plays several games at the same time against different opponents.
    • 1969, Anthony Glyn, The Dragon Variation, page 96:
      We're not just starting with Round 1. We're kicking off with a simul. Four simuls to be exact.
    • 1985, Daryl Lane, William Vernon, David Carson, The Sound of Wonder, page 80:
      He could have organized a simul with a rat without blinking an eye.
    • 2003, J.C. Hallman, The Chess Artist, page 275:
      I saw Glenn wrapping up his speech, and told Baynes to come back that evening for the simul.

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Hungarian

Etymology

sima (“smooth”) +‎ -ul (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃimul]
  • Hyphenation: si‧mul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

simul

  1. (intransitive, of a surface, material) to become smooth
  2. (intransitive, of clothing, hair, skin) to fit something tight
  3. (intransitive) to snuggle up, cuddle up, to cling (to someone: -hoz/-hez/-höz)
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to conform, accommodate, adapt to, fit in somewhere

Conjugation

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Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belesimul
  • elsimul
  • hozzásimul
  • idesimul
  • kisimul
  • lesimul
  • odasimul
  • összesimul
  • rásimul
  • szétsimul

Further reading

  • simul in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin neuter of similis (with u before l pinguis, i.e. [ɫ]).

Pronunciation

Adverb

simul (not comparable)

  1. at the same time; simultaneously
  2. (as simul … simul) and at the same time; and also; both … and (at once); together; not only ... but at the same time
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.513–514:
      Obstipuit simul ipse simul perculsus Achātēs
      laetitiāque metūque
      Not only [Aeneas] himself was astounded, but at the same time Achates had been struck with both joy and fear.
      (or, more concisely:)
      [Aeneas] and Achates both were astonished, stricken with joy and fear.
  3. together
    Synonym: ūnā
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.403–404:
      natā simul, moritūra simul, simul īte sub undās corpora!
      Born together, about to die together, together [your] bodies go beneath the waves!
      (Twin babes Romulus and Remus are abandoned along the banks of the Tiber.)
  4. as soon as

Derived terms

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Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “simul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “simul”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • simul in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

simul f (genitive simlar)

  1. (poetic) a hag, witch

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “simul”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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