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.
    • 1988 April 9, Gordon Gottlieb, “The Urban Gay Camp and Croon”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
      What is it about gay men that they're so often linked with musical revue in a cabaret milieu? Is it the intimate ambience — more intime, more revealing — than larger stage productions? Is there more room for specialized acts that need not draw a larger (read straighter) crowd?

References

intime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

intima +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtime/
  • Rhymes: -ime
  • Syllabification: in‧ti‧me

Adverb

intime

  1. intimately

Further reading

French

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin intimus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tim/
    • Audio:(file)

    Adjective

    intime (plural intimes)

    1. intimate
      journal intime(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      parties intimes(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      toilette intime(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      hygiène intime(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. inner
      en son for intime(please add an English translation of this usage example)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Dutch: intiem
      • Afrikaans: intiem
      • Indonesian: intim
    • Romanian: intim

    Noun

    intime m (plural intimes)

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      pour les intimes(please add an English translation of this usage example)

    Further reading

    German

    Pronunciation

    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

    Italian

    Adjective

    intime

    1. feminine plural of intimo

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Pronunciation 1

    Adjective

    intime

    1. vocative masculine singular of intimus

    Pronunciation 2

    Adverb

    intimē (superlative, positive intrā, comparative interius, adjective intimus)

    1. superlative degree of intrā: intimately; in the innermost part
      Alternative form: intumē

    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.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Adjective

    intime

    1. definite singular of intim
    2. plural of intim

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Adjective

    intime

    1. definite singular of intim
    2. plural of intim

    Portuguese

    Verb

    intime

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

    Spanish

    Verb

    intime

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