intime

intime

See also: intimé and in time

English

Etymology

From Latin intimus (“innermost”) perhaps via French intime. Compare intimate (adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɪm/

Adjective

intime (comparative more intime, superlative most intime)

1. (obsolete) inward; internal; intimate
   • a. 1665, Sir Kenelm Digby, Of bodies and of mans soul to discover the immortality

     As to the composition or dissolution of mixed bodies, which is the chief work of elements, and requires an intime application of the agents, water hath the principality and excess over earth.

References

intime in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• nimite

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Esperanto

Etymology

intima +‎ -e

Adverb

intime

1. intimately

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French

Etymology

From Latin intimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tim/

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Adjective

intime (plural intimes)

1. intimate
2. inner

Derived terms

• intimement
• intimité
• journal intime
• pour les intime

Descendants

• → Dutch: intiem
  • Afrikaans: intiem

Further reading

• “intime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intime

1. inflection of intim:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

intime

1. feminine plural of intimo

Anagrams

• mentii, timine

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Latin

Adjective

intime

1. vocative masculine singular of intimus

References

• “intime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

intime

1. definite singular of intim
2. plural of intim

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

intime

1. definite singular of intim
2. plural of intim

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Portuguese

Verb

intime

1. inflection of intimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Verb

intime

1. inflection of intimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative