"Kim" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /kɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kim.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Kims [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: Clipping of Kimball and Kimberley as a male name, and of Kimberley and Kimberly as a female name. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Kimball}} Clipping of Kimball, {{m|en|Kimberley}} Kimberley, {{m|en|Kimberley}} Kimberley, {{m|en|Kimberly}} Kimberly Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Kim (plural Kims)
  1. A unisex given name
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Kim-en-name-qqm4MgZS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 8 9 9 9 5 9 6 8 8 8 8 1 4 10
  2. A unisex given name
    A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
    Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Kim-en-name-orLkvFML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 8 9 9 9 5 9 6 8 8 8 8 1 4 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kimmi, Kimmie, Kimmy Translations (female given name): Kim (Dutch), Ким (Kim) [feminine] (Russian), Kim [feminine] (Slovak), Kim (Swedish) Translations (male given name): كِيم (kīm) [masculine] (Arabic), Кім (Kim) [masculine] (Belarusian), Ким (Kim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Quim [masculine] (Catalan), (Jīn) (Chinese Mandarin), Kim (Danish), キム (Kimu) (Japanese), Ким (Kim) [masculine] (Macedonian), Kim (Norwegian), Kim [masculine] (Portuguese), Ким (Kim) [masculine] (Russian), Ким [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Kim [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Kim [masculine] (Slovak), Kim (Swedish), Кім (Kim) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 50 50

Proper name

IPA: /kɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kim.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Kims [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: From Korean 김 (gim). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ko|김}} Korean 김 (gim) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Kim (plural Kims)
  1. A surname from Korean, the English form of a surname very common in Korea. (김 (Gim), hanja: 金), the most common Korean surname. Synonyms: Gim Translations (Korean surname): كِيم (kīm) (Arabic), Кім (Kim) (Belarusian), (Jīn) (Chinese Mandarin), Kim (Dutch), Kim (French), Kim (German), קים (kim) (Hebrew), किम (kim) (Hindi), キム (Kimu) (Japanese), (alt: きん, Kin) (Japanese), (Gim) (alt: ) (Korean), Ким (Kim) (Macedonian), کیم (kim) (Persian), Kim [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), Ким (Kim) (Russian), Ким [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Kim [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Kim (Spanish), Kim (Swedish), Кім (Kim) (Ukrainian), کیم (kim) (Urdu), Kim (alt: ) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Kim-en-name-3FbQMvN1 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      ],
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      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "male given name",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Kim",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "Jīn",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "金"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "キム"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Kim"
    },
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      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Ким"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      ],
      "word": "Kim"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kim"
    },
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      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
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      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "male given name",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Кім"
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      "word": "Kim"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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    },
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      "code": "sk",
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      ],
      "word": "Kim"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
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}

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    "English proper nouns",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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          "text": "Centring on the tension between the Kims, a basement-dwelling family of “dirt spoons” in Seoul, and the Parks, a family at the opposite end of the social spectrum, Parasite’s plot is predicated on the widening gap between the haves and the have nots in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy.",
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      "roman": "kīm",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "كِيم"
    },
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Кім"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jīn",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "金"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "קים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "किम"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kimu",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "キム"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きん, Kin",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "金"
    },
    {
      "alt": "金",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Gim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "김"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Ким"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "کیم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Ким"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Ким"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Kim"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Kim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Кім"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kim",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "کیم"
    },
    {
      "alt": "金",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "Kim"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kim"
}

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