plim
Translingual
Symbol
plim
- (mathematics) probability limit
- For a sequence {Xn} of random variables is the same as
See also
- lim
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪm
Adjective
plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)
- (chiefly South Wales) plump; full
Verb
plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)
- (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:
- "Don't that make your bosom plim?"
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Anagrams
- IPML, impl, limp, pilm
Albanian
Alternative forms
- plym
Etymology
A deverbative in -i(m), based on an unattested verb *plyej, from Proto-Albanian *plānja (“to fill”), from Proto-Indo-European *plē (“full”).[1]
Noun
plim m (indefinite plural plimë, definite singular plimi, definite plural plimët)
- mass crowd
- row
Declension
Declension of plim
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) | definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) | (një) plim | (disa) plimë | plimi | plimët | |
accusative (kallëzore) | (një) plim | (disa) plimë | plimin | plimët | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) | (një) plimi | (disa) plimëve | plimit | plimëvet | |
dative (dhanore) | (një) plimi | (disa) plimëve | plimit | plimëvet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej) | (një) plimi | (disa) plimësh | plimit | plimëvet |
Adjective
plim m (feminine plime)
- in heaps, in piles
Related terms
- plotë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “plim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French plume (“feather”).
Noun
plim
- feather
Rade
Etymology
Borrowed from French plume (“quill”).
Noun
plim
- pen (writing tool)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- plin
Interjection
plim
- meh (expressing indifference)
Further reading
- “plim”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014