mime

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

• IPA^(key): /maɪm/

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• Rhymes: -aɪm

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.

• pantomime

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.

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

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• IPA^(key): /mim/
• Rhymes: -im

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

mime m (plural mimes)

1. pantomime actor, mime
2. pantomime

• mimer

mime

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

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

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mime

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

mime

1. Rōmaji transcription of みめ

mīme

1. vocative singular of mīmus

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

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