"eSIM" meaning in All languages combined

See eSIM on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: eSIMs [plural]
Etymology: e- + SIM (“subscriber identity module”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|e|SIM|gloss2=subscriber identity module}} e- + SIM (“subscriber identity module”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eSIM (plural eSIMs)
  1. (telecommunications) Initialism of embedded SIM (“virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: embedded SIM (extra: virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device) Categories (topical): Mobile phones, Telecommunications

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for eSIM meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "SIM",
        "gloss2": "subscriber identity module"
      },
      "expansion": "e- + SIM (“subscriber identity module”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "e- + SIM (“subscriber identity module”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eSIMs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eSIM (plural eSIMs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device",
          "word": "embedded SIM"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with e-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mobile phones",
          "orig": "en:Mobile phones",
          "parents": [
            "Telephony",
            "Electronics",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Technology",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Telecommunications",
          "orig": "en:Telecommunications",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Guy Hart-Davis, Teach Yourself Visually iPhone 12, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max, John Wiley & Sons, page 106",
          "text": "Before using an eSIM, you must add it to your iPhone and configure it. Only one eSIM can be active at a time, but you can easily switch back and forth between eSIMs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of embedded SIM (“virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-eSIM-en-noun-xH8Z9HKK",
      "links": [
        [
          "telecommunications",
          "telecommunications"
        ],
        [
          "embedded",
          "embedded#English"
        ],
        [
          "SIM",
          "SIM#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telecommunications) Initialism of embedded SIM (“virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eSIM"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "SIM",
        "gloss2": "subscriber identity module"
      },
      "expansion": "e- + SIM (“subscriber identity module”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "e- + SIM (“subscriber identity module”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eSIMs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eSIM (plural eSIMs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device",
          "word": "embedded SIM"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English initialisms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with e-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Mobile phones",
        "en:Telecommunications"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Guy Hart-Davis, Teach Yourself Visually iPhone 12, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max, John Wiley & Sons, page 106",
          "text": "Before using an eSIM, you must add it to your iPhone and configure it. Only one eSIM can be active at a time, but you can easily switch back and forth between eSIMs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of embedded SIM (“virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telecommunications",
          "telecommunications"
        ],
        [
          "embedded",
          "embedded#English"
        ],
        [
          "SIM",
          "SIM#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telecommunications) Initialism of embedded SIM (“virtual SIM that is integrated in the cellular device”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eSIM"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.