mime

mime

See also: MIME and mimé

English

Etymology

From Old English mīma ("a mime") from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”). Reinforced in Middle English by French mime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪm

Noun

mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)

1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
2. A pantomime actor.
3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
4. A performer of such a farce.
5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.

Related terms

• pantomime

Translations

pantomime

Bulgarian: пантомима f (pantomima) Catalan: pantomima (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 啞劇／哑剧 (zh) (yǎjù) Czech: pantomima (cs) f Esperanto: pantomimo Finnish: pantomiimi (fi) French: pantomime (fr) f, mime (fr) m Polish: pantomima (pl) f Portuguese: mímica (pt) f Russian: пантоми́ма (ru) f (pantomíma) Spanish: pantomima (es) f, mimo (es) m Swedish: pantomim (sv) c, mim (sv) c Thai: ละครใบ้

pantomime actor

Bengali: বহুরূপী (bn) (bôhurūpī) Bulgarian: мим m (mim) Czech: mim (cs) m Esperanto: mimo, pantomimisto Finnish: pantomiimikko French: mime (fr) m Italian: mimo (it) m Polish: mim (pl) m, mimik m, pantomimista m Portuguese: mímico (pt) m Russian: мим (ru) m (mim) Spanish: mimo (es) m or f Swedish: mimare c

classical theatrical entertainment

Catalan: mímica (ca) f Finnish: mimiikka (fi) Greek: Ancient: μῖμος m (mîmos) Latin: mīmus m Polish: mim (pl) m Spanish: mimo (es) m

performer of such a farce

Finnish: miimikko (fi) Italian: intrattenitore m Spanish: mimo (es) m

person who mimics others in a comical manner

Finnish: imitaattori (fi)

Verb

mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)

1. To mimic.
2. (intransitive) To act without words.
3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

   In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Translations

To act without words

Maori: whakaari ngū Swedish: mima (sv)

See also

• lip-synch

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mim/
• Rhymes: -im

Etymology 1

From Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).

Noun

mime m (plural mimes)

1. pantomime actor, mime
2. pantomime

Derived terms

• mimer

Verb

mime

1. inflection of mimer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• emmi

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

mime

1. inflection of mimen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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Japanese

Romanization

mime

1. Rōmaji transcription of みめ

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Latin

Noun

mīme

1. vocative singular of mīmus

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Portuguese

Verb

mime

1. inflection of mimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of mimir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Verb

mime

1. inflection of mimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of mimir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative