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Proper name [English]

IPA: /tɪm/
enPR: tĭm Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: The service was originally reached in major cities by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} TIM
  1. (British) A nickname for the speaking clock. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-name-bTMRqWkO Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /tɪm/ Forms: TIMs [plural]
enPR: tĭm Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: Abbreviation. In the sense "trans-identified male", when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TIM (countable and uncountable, plural TIMs)
  1. (derogatory, offensive, dysphemistic) Initialism of trans-identified male, referring to a trans woman. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, initialism, offensive, uncountable Alternative form of: trans-identified male, referring to a trans woman Coordinate_terms (antonym(s) of “trans-identified male”): TIF
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-aSFJHB2G Categories (other): English dysphemisms, English dysphemisms, Transgender, Transphobia Disambiguation of English dysphemisms: 5 61 14 7 2 11 Disambiguation of Transgender: 0 100 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 6 46 17 10 4 16 Disambiguation of 'antonym(s) of “trans-identified male”': 86 4 2 2 6
  2. (electronics) Initialism of time interval meter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: time interval meter Coordinate_terms: TDC [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], TOC [cytology, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences], TIC [cytology, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences], TOM [cytology, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-yQIZfNQR Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 20 33 15 3 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 20 34 14 3 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 16 36 18 2 24 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: triosephosphateisomerase
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-~~dfP7h6
  4. Abbreviation of time-in-minutes. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: time-in-minutes Synonyms: TiM, T-I-M, T-i-M, T.I.M.
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-3NVLGJ8n
  5. (cytology) Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-7zTBtkHq Categories (other): Cytology, Biochemistry Disambiguation of Biochemistry: 5 19 4 19 3 50 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Italian]

Head templates: {{it-proper noun}} TIM ?
  1. initialism of Telecom Italia Mobile (“a mobile phone network”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Telecom Italia Mobile (extra: a mobile phone network)
    Sense id: en-TIM-it-name-W9Lia8kK Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    "TIM"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "TIM",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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