dim
English
/dɪm/
adj
Definitions
- Not bright or colorful.
- (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
- Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
- Disapproving, unfavorable:
- (music)
Etymology
Derived from Middle English dim derived from Old English dim derived from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (dark) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (haze, dust, whisk, smoke, cloud, obscure, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰem-
Gloss
haze, dust, whisk, smoke, cloud, obscure, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
煙
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedim English
- dim-headed English
- dim-lit English
- dimish English
- dimly English
- dimmable English
- dimmer English
- dimmeth English
- dimmish English
- dimmy English
- dimness English
- dimwit English
- dimwittery English
- fordim English
- headed English
- lit English
- undimmable English
- wit English
- Dimmer German
- dimmen Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰem- Proto-Indo-European
- dim Norwegian Bokmål
- dimmer Norwegian Bokmål
- *dimmaz Proto-Germanic
- dim Norwegian Nynorsk
- dim Old English
- dim Middle English
- dymnes Middle English
- fordimmen Middle English
- dimmr Old Norse
- dimmur Icelandic
- dimmbláur Faroese
- dimmbrúnur Faroese
- dimmgráur Faroese
- dimmgrønur Faroese
- dimmmorreyður Faroese
- dimmreyður Faroese
- dimmur Faroese