simmer

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Borrowed from German Simmer or a variant of Summer.

From alteration of dialectal simper, from Middle English simperen (“to simmer”), of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb. First attested in the late 15th century.

From sim (“simulation”, noun) + -er.

From Sim + -er.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: къкрене (kǎkrene) — process of simmering
• Finnish: hauduttaminen — process of simmering
• Greek: σιγοβράσιμο (sigovrásimo) — process of simmering
• Portuguese: aferventamento — process of simmering
• Spanish: calentamiento — process of simmering
• Swedish: sjudning — process of simmering
• Albanian: zi — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Azerbaijani: qaynamaq — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Catalan: bullir a foc lent — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Chinese Mandarin: 熬 — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Dutch: stoven — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Dutch: sudderen — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Esperanto: boleti — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Finnish: hautua — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• French: mijoter — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• French: bouillotter — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Galician: guisar — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Georgian: გაცხელება (gacxeleba) — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• German: sieden — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• German: köcheln — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• German: simmern — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Greek: σιγοβράζω (sigovrázo) — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Irish: suanbhruith — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Italian: sobbollire — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Kabuverdianu: ferbe — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Kabuverdianu: apura — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Kabuverdianu: apurá — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Korean: 은근히 끓이다 (eun'geunhi kkeurida) — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Macedonian: крчка (krčka) — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Norman: mitonner — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Norwegian Bokmål: trekke — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Polish: gotować na wolnym ogniu — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Portuguese: aferventar — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Russian: готовиться на медленном огне (gotovitʹsja na medlennom ogne) — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Russian: томиться (tomitʹsja) — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-bhruich — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: calentarse — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: entibiarse — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: cocerse a fuego lento — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: pocharse — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: escalfarse — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: cocerse a fuego manso — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Swedish: sjuda — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Walloon: bouyter — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Walloon: cûtner — (intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Albanian: nxe — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Bulgarian: къкря (kǎkrja) — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Catalan: coure amb poc foc — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Chinese Mandarin: 煨 (wēi) — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Dutch: stoven — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Dutch: sudderen — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Finnish: hauduttaa — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• French: faire mijoter — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Galician: guisar — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• German: sieden — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• German: köcheln — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Greek: σιγοβράζω (sigovrázo) — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Irish: suanbhruith — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Italian: scaldare — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Japanese: とろ火で煮る (torobi de niru) — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Kabuverdianu: ferbe — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Kabuverdianu: apura — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Kabuverdianu: apurá — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Norman: mitonner — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Norwegian Bokmål: trekke — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Polish: gotować na wolnym ogniu — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Portuguese: aferventar — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Russian: готовить на медленном огне (gotovitʹ na medlennom ogne) — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Russian: готовить, не доводя до кипения (gotovitʹ, ne dovodja do kipenija) — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-bhruich — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: entibiar — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: cocer a fuego lento — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: escalfar — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: pochar — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Spanish: cocer a fuego manso — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Swedish: sjuda — (transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
• Finnish: kiehua — (intransitive) to be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated
• German: schwelen — (intransitive) to be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated
• Finnish: hautoa — (intransitive) to develop gradually, of an idea or plan
• Finnish: kehitellä — (intransitive) to develop gradually, of an idea or plan
• Russian: вызрева́ть (vyzrevátʹ) — (intransitive) to develop gradually, of an idea or plan