See diam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for diam meaning in English (3.5kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "diameter"
},
"expansion": "diameter",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From diameter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "diams",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "diam (plural diams)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "diameter"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of diameter."
],
"id": "en-diam-en-noun-yfelzP1-",
"links": [
[
"diameter",
"diameter#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "diam."
}
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
]
}
],
"word": "diam"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "diamond"
},
"expansion": "diamond",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From diamond.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "diams",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "diam (plural diams)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "diamond"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of diamond."
],
"id": "en-diam-en-noun-rJwM2dPA",
"links": [
[
"diamond",
"diamond#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
]
}
],
"word": "diam"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ms",
"3": "diam",
"pos": "adjective",
"t": "quiet"
},
"expansion": "Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "恬",
"t": "silent",
"tr": "tiām"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "7"
},
"expansion": "⁷",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-tws",
"3": "恬",
"t": "silent",
"tr": "diam⁷"
},
"expansion": "Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective) or Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "diam",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malaysian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Singapore English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "72 17 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 18 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "87 9 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Manglish",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 April 8, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 December 9, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "So diam lah, baruah bangsat!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Be quiet."
],
"id": "en-diam-en-intj-7t5CXUfD",
"links": [
[
"Be quiet",
"be quiet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet."
],
"tags": [
"Malaysia",
"Singapore",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "diam"
}
{
"categories": [
"English abbreviations",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms borrowed from Teochew",
"English terms derived from Hokkien",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Teochew",
"Manglish",
"ms:Sound"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "diameter"
},
"expansion": "diameter",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From diameter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "diams",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "diam (plural diams)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "diam."
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "diameter"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of diameter."
],
"links": [
[
"diameter",
"diameter#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
]
}
],
"word": "diam"
}
{
"categories": [
"English abbreviations",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms borrowed from Teochew",
"English terms derived from Hokkien",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Teochew",
"Manglish",
"ms:Sound"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "diamond"
},
"expansion": "diamond",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From diamond.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "diams",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "diam (plural diams)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "diamond"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of diamond."
],
"links": [
[
"diamond",
"diamond#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
]
}
],
"word": "diam"
}
{
"categories": [
"English abbreviations",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms borrowed from Teochew",
"English terms derived from Hokkien",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Teochew",
"Manglish",
"ms:Sound"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ms",
"3": "diam",
"pos": "adjective",
"t": "quiet"
},
"expansion": "Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "恬",
"t": "silent",
"tr": "tiām"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "7"
},
"expansion": "⁷",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-tws",
"3": "恬",
"t": "silent",
"tr": "diam⁷"
},
"expansion": "Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective) or Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "diam",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Malaysian English",
"Singapore English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 April 8, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 December 9, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "So diam lah, baruah bangsat!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Be quiet."
],
"links": [
[
"Be quiet",
"be quiet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet."
],
"tags": [
"Malaysia",
"Singapore",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "diam"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). 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.