nimble

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• /ˈnɪmbəl/
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• [ˈnɪmbəl] ~ [ˈnɪmbl̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: N IH1 M B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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With intrusive -b-, inherited from Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), a merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: чевръст (čevrǎst) — adept at taking or grasping
• Catalan: destre — adept at taking or grasping
• Czech: obratný — adept at taking or grasping
• Czech: hbitý — adept at taking or grasping
• Dutch: vingervlug — adept at taking or grasping
• Galician: destro — adept at taking or grasping
• Galician: marraleiro — adept at taking or grasping
• Galician: fiteiro — adept at taking or grasping
• Galician: adoito — adept at taking or grasping
• Persian: زیرک (zirak) — adept at taking or grasping
• Persian: باهوش — adept at taking or grasping
• Persian: تیز (tiz) — adept at taking or grasping
• Romanian: agil — adept at taking or grasping
• Russian: цепкий (cepkij) — adept at taking or grasping
• Spanish: diestro — adept at taking or grasping
• Azerbaijani: cəld — quick and light in movement or action
• Bulgarian: бърз (bǎrz) — quick and light in movement or action
• Bulgarian: подвижен (podvižen) — quick and light in movement or action
• Catalan: àgil — quick and light in movement or action
• Chinese Mandarin: 敏捷 (mǐnjié) — quick and light in movement or action
• Czech: mrštný — quick and light in movement or action
• Czech: hbitý — quick and light in movement or action
• Danish: flink — quick and light in movement or action
• Danish: rask — quick and light in movement or action
• Dutch: behendig — quick and light in movement or action
• Dutch: wendbaar — quick and light in movement or action
• Dutch: lichtvoetig — quick and light in movement or action
• Finnish: ketterä — quick and light in movement or action
• Finnish: vikkelä — quick and light in movement or action
• French: agile — quick and light in movement or action
• French: fulgurant — quick and light in movement or action
• French: preste — quick and light in movement or action
• French: leste — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: doende — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: áxil — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: dilingueiro — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: lesto — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: lixeiro — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: bulideiro — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: langrista — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: aceirudo — quick and light in movement or action
• Galician: andavía — quick and light in movement or action
• German: schnell — quick and light in movement or action
• German: gelenkig — quick and light in movement or action
• German: behänd — quick and light in movement or action
• German: flink — quick and light in movement or action
• German: wendig — quick and light in movement or action
• German: leichtfüssig — quick and light in movement or action
• German: gewandt — quick and light in movement or action
• German: geschickt — quick and light in movement or action
• Greek: ευκίνητος (efkínitos) — quick and light in movement or action
• Greek: σβέλτος (svéltos) — quick and light in movement or action
• Ancient Greek: εὐκίνητος (eukínētos) — quick and light in movement or action
• Ancient Greek: λαιψηρός (laipsērós) — quick and light in movement or action
• Ancient Greek: κοῦφος (koûphos) — quick and light in movement or action
• Hawaiian: māmā — quick and light in movement or action
• Hungarian: fürge — quick and light in movement or action
• Hungarian: hajlékony — quick and light in movement or action
• Hungarian: gyors — quick and light in movement or action
• Irish: éasca — quick and light in movement or action
• Irish: luaineach — quick and light in movement or action
• Irish: mear — quick and light in movement or action
• Irish: lúfar — quick and light in movement or action
• Italian: agile — quick and light in movement or action
• Italian: leggero — quick and light in movement or action
• Italian: svelto — quick and light in movement or action
• Latin: pernix — quick and light in movement or action
• Latin: agilis — quick and light in movement or action
• Malay: tangkas — quick and light in movement or action
• Māori: māmā — quick and light in movement or action
• Māori: tūkawikawi — quick and light in movement or action
• Māori: kakama — quick and light in movement or action
• Māori: kamakama — quick and light in movement or action
• Marathi: चपळ (capaḷ) — quick and light in movement or action
• Norman: leste — quick and light in movement or action
• Norwegian: kjapp — quick and light in movement or action
• Norwegian: rask — quick and light in movement or action
• Norwegian: flink — quick and light in movement or action
• Persian: چابک (čâbok) — quick and light in movement or action
• Persian: چالاک (čâlâk) — quick and light in movement or action
• Persian: فرز (ferz) — quick and light in movement or action
• Persian: تیز (tiz) — quick and light in movement or action
• Polish: zręczny — quick and light in movement or action
• Polish: zwinny — quick and light in movement or action
• Portuguese: ágil — quick and light in movement or action
• Portuguese: ligeiro — quick and light in movement or action
• Romanian: ager — quick and light in movement or action
• Romanian: vioi — quick and light in movement or action
• Romanian: agil — quick and light in movement or action
• Russian: прово́рный (provórnyj) — quick and light in movement or action
• Russian: ло́вкий (lóvkij) — quick and light in movement or action
• Russian: шу́стрый (šústryj) — quick and light in movement or action
• Russian: вёрткий (vjórtkij) — quick and light in movement or action
• Russian: бы́стрый (býstryj) — quick and light in movement or action
• Russian: юркий (jurkij) — quick and light in movement or action
• Sanskrit: लघु (laghu) — quick and light in movement or action
• Scots: leish — quick and light in movement or action
• Spanish: ágil — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: kvick — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: vig — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: smidig — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: snabb — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: lätt — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: ledig — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: flink — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: rask — quick and light in movement or action
• Swedish: ferm — quick and light in movement or action
• Tahitian: māmā — quick and light in movement or action
• Thai: คล่อง (klɔ̂ng) — quick and light in movement or action
• Tongan: maʻamaʻa — quick and light in movement or action
• Turkish: atik — quick and light in movement or action
• Turkish: çevik — quick and light in movement or action
• Turkish: açıkgöz — quick and light in movement or action
• Turkish: çabukluk — quick and light in movement or action
• Azerbaijani: zirək — quick-witted and alert
• Azerbaijani: çevik — quick-witted and alert
• Azerbaijani: diribaş — quick-witted and alert
• Azerbaijani: qıvraq — quick-witted and alert
• Bulgarian: находчив (nahodčiv) — quick-witted and alert
• Bulgarian: съобразителен (sǎobrazitelen) — quick-witted and alert
• Catalan: àgil — quick-witted and alert
• Catalan: atent — quick-witted and alert
• Czech: bystrý — quick-witted and alert
• Czech: pohotový — quick-witted and alert
• Dutch: alert — quick-witted and alert
• Dutch: gevat — quick-witted and alert
• Dutch: spits — quick-witted and alert
• Finnish: nopeaälyinen — quick-witted and alert
• Finnish: valpas — quick-witted and alert
• French: vif — quick-witted and alert
• Galician: áxil — quick-witted and alert
• Galician: aleuto — quick-witted and alert
• Galician: xeitoso — quick-witted and alert
• Galician: abelencioso — quick-witted and alert
• Galician: esfargallado — quick-witted and alert
• Galician: ciente — quick-witted and alert
• German: geschickt — quick-witted and alert
• Greek: εύστροφος (éfstrofos) — quick-witted and alert
• Hungarian: okos — quick-witted and alert
• Hungarian: ötletes — quick-witted and alert
• Italian: intelligente — quick-witted and alert
• Italian: versatile — quick-witted and alert
• Italian: sveglio — quick-witted and alert
• Italian: pronto — quick-witted and alert
• Māori: naho — quick-witted and alert
• Māori: ngutu atamai — quick-witted and alert
• Māori: atamai — quick-witted and alert
• Marathi: चपळ (capaḷ) — quick-witted and alert
• Norwegian: rask — quick-witted and alert
• Persian: زیرک (zirak) — quick-witted and alert
• Portuguese: ágil — quick-witted and alert
• Portuguese: esperto — quick-witted and alert
• Romanian: ager — quick-witted and alert
• Russian: сообрази́тельный (soobrazítelʹnyj) — quick-witted and alert
• Russian: нахо́дчивый (naxódčivyj) — quick-witted and alert
• Spanish: hábil — quick-witted and alert
• Spanish: despierto — quick-witted and alert
• Spanish: avispado — quick-witted and alert
• Swedish: kvick — quick-witted and alert
• Swedish: snabbtänkt — quick-witted and alert
• Swedish: livlig — quick-witted and alert
• Swedish: pigg — quick-witted and alert
• Swedish: vaken — quick-witted and alert
• Thai: คล่อง (klɔ̂ng) — quick-witted and alert