intj
Meaning 1
Out of the way!; get lost!
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Siam
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Singapore: /sjɑm˦˨/
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/saɪˈæm/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æm
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CMU ARPABET: S AY0 AE1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S AY1 AE0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Acronym of service integration and management.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: business
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To move aside; to get out of the way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: invariable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To leave hastily, to run off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: invariable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To dodge or evade (an unwanted situation or responsibility).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: invariable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Thailand is the official name of the former Siam
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation
History
Etymology
From Hokkien 閃 /闪 (siám, “to dodge”).
Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”) (see there for more hypotheses), the same root as Shan and probably Assam.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سِيَام (siyām) — the former name of Thailand
- Bengali: সায়াম্ (śaẏam) — the former name of Thailand
- Burmese: ဆိုင်အမ် (hcuing-am) — the former name of Thailand
- Catalan: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Chinese Cantonese: 暹羅 /暹罗 — the former name of Thailand
- Hakka Chinese: 暹羅 /暹罗 (Siàm-lò) — the former name of Thailand
- Chinese Mandarin: 暹羅 /暹罗 (Xiānluó) — the former name of Thailand
- Chinese Mandarin: 暹 (Xiān) — the former name of Thailand
- Estonian: Siiam — the former name of Thailand
- Finnish: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- French: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Galician: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- German: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Hindi: सियाम (siyām) — the former name of Thailand
- Hindi: श्याम (śyām) — the former name of Thailand
- Hindi: स्याम (syām) — the former name of Thailand
- Hindi: श्यामदेश (śyāmdeś) — the former name of Thailand
- Hungarian: Sziám — the former name of Thailand
- Italian: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Japanese: シャム (Shamu) — the former name of Thailand
- Japanese: サイアム (Saiamu) — the former name of Thailand
- Japanese: 暹羅 (Shamuro) — the former name of Thailand
- Khmer: សៀម (siəm) — the former name of Thailand
- Khmer: ស្យាម (syaam) — the former name of Thailand
- Korean: 시암 (Siam) — the former name of Thailand
- Korean: 샴 (Syam) — the former name of Thailand
- Lao: ສຍາມ (sa nyām) — the former name of Thailand
- Lao: ສະຫຍາມ (sa nyām) — the former name of Thailand
- Malay: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Pattani Malay: سيٍّي — the former name of Thailand
- Pattani Malay: سييٍي — the former name of Thailand
- Pattani Malay: ซีแย — the former name of Thailand
- Manchu: ᠰᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ ᠯᠣ (siowan lo) — the former name of Thailand
- Mon: သေံ — the former name of Thailand
- Mon: သေမ် — the former name of Thailand
- Mon: ဒျောဒျာ — the former name of Thailand
- Pali: syāmaraṭṭha — the former name of Thailand
- Persian: سیام (siyâm) — the former name of Thailand
- Polish: Syjam — the former name of Thailand
- Portuguese: Sião — the former name of Thailand
- Portuguese: Sciam — the former name of Thailand
- Romanian: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Russian: Сиа́м (Siám) — the former name of Thailand
- Spanish: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Swedish: Siam — the former name of Thailand
- Thai: สยาม (sà-yǎam) — the former name of Thailand
- Northern Thai: ᩈ᩠ᨿ᩻ᩣ᩠ᨾ — the former name of Thailand
- Northern Thai: ᩈ᩠ᨿᩣ᩠ᨾ — the former name of Thailand
- Turkish: Siyam — the former name of Thailand
- Urdu: سیام (siyām) — the former name of Thailand
- Vietnamese: Xiêm La — the former name of Thailand