swim

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /swɪm/
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• South-Asia: /sʋɪm/
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• South-Asia: /s(ʋ)ʊm/ rounded
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• rhymes with -ɪm
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• CMU ARPABET: S W IH1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sweem, swome, swume, swumi, swumme, swääm (“to swim”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian swimme (“to swim”), Dutch zwemmen (“to swim”), German schwimmen (“to swim”), Limburgish schwämme, zwömme (“to swim”), Low German swimmen (“to swim”), Luxembourgish schwammen (“to swim”), Vilamovian švymma, śwyma, śwymma (“to swim”), Yiddish שווימען (shvimen, “to swim”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål svømme (“to swim”), Faroese svimja (“to swim”), Norn suma (“to swim”), Norwegian Nynorsk svemja, svemje, svømma, svømme, symja, symje (“to swim”), Swedish simma (“to swim”).

From Middle English swime, sweme, swaime (“a dizziness, swoon, trance”), from Old English swīma (“a swoon, swimming in the head”). Cognate with Swedish svimma (“to swoon, faint”) and Danish svime (“to swoon, faint”) / Danish besvime (“to swoon, faint”).

Abbreviation of someone who isn't me.

303 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَبْحَة (sabḥa) — act or instance of swimming
• Arabic: سِبَاحَة (sibāḥa) — act or instance of swimming
• Armenian: լող (loġ) — act or instance of swimming
• Central Bikol: langoy — act or instance of swimming
• Bulgarian: плу́ване (plúvane) — act or instance of swimming
• Catalan: natació — act or instance of swimming
• Chechen: нека (neka) — act or instance of swimming
• Chechen: лийчар (liı̇čar) — act or instance of swimming
• Chickasaw: yopi — act or instance of swimming
• Chickasaw: ok-aayopi — act or instance of swimming
• Chickasaw: yopichi — act or instance of swimming
• Czech: plavání — act or instance of swimming
• Danish: svømmetur — act or instance of swimming
• Dutch: zwemmen — act or instance of swimming
• Finnish: uinti — act or instance of swimming
• French: natation — act or instance of swimming
• German: Schwimmen — act or instance of swimming
• Greek: κολύμβηση (kolýmvisi) — act or instance of swimming
• Greek: μπάνιο (bánio) — act or instance of swimming
• Hindi: तैरना (tairnā) — act or instance of swimming
• Hindi: तैराकी (tairākī) — act or instance of swimming
• Hungarian: úszás — act or instance of swimming
• Icelandic: sund — act or instance of swimming
• Ido: nato — act or instance of swimming
• Ingrian: ujukki — act or instance of swimming
• Irish: snámh — act or instance of swimming
• Italian: nuotata — act or instance of swimming
• Italian: nuoto — act or instance of swimming
• Japanese: 泳ぎ (oyogi) — act or instance of swimming
• Japanese: 水泳 (suiei) — act or instance of swimming
• Latin: natātiō — act or instance of swimming
• Malayalam: നീന്തൽ (nīntal) — act or instance of swimming
• Māori: kauanga — act or instance of swimming
• Norwegian Bokmål: svømmetur — act or instance of swimming
• Odia: ପହଁରା (pahãrā) — act or instance of swimming
• Persian: شنا (šenâ) — act or instance of swimming
• Portuguese: nado — act or instance of swimming
• Russian: плыть (plytʹ) — act or instance of swimming
• Slovak: plávanie — act or instance of swimming
• Slovene: plavanje — act or instance of swimming
• Spanish: natación — act or instance of swimming
• Swedish: simtur — act or instance of swimming
• Telugu: ఈత (īta) — act or instance of swimming
• Turkish: yüzme — act or instance of swimming
• Ottoman Turkish: یوزمه (yüzme) — act or instance of swimming
• Abkhaz: аӡсара (adzsara) — move through water
• Acehnese: langue — move through water
• Afrikaans: swem — move through water
• Aklanon: eangoy — move through water
• Albanian: notoj — move through water
• Albanian: luoz — move through water
• Southern Altai: јӱзер (ǰüzer) — move through water
• Chungli Ao: awa — move through water
• Arabic: سَبَحَ (sabaḥa) — move through water
• Arabic: عام (ʕām) — move through water
• Arabic: سِبِح (sibiḥ) — move through water
• Aragonese: nadar — move through water
• Aramaic: ܣܚܐ (sħā) — move through water
• Armenian: լողալ (loġal) — move through water
• Aromanian: anot — move through water
• Aromanian: not — move through water
• Aromanian: mplãtescu — move through water
• Assamese: সাঁতোৰ (xãtür) — move through water
• Asturian: nadar — move through water
• Asturian: ñadar — move through water
• Avar: лъедезе (lsedeze) — move through water
• Azerbaijani: üzmək — move through water
• Bashkir: йөҙөү (yöźöw) — move through water
• Basque: igeri egin — move through water
• Belarusian: пла́ваць (plávacʹ) — move through water
• Belarusian: папла́ваць (paplávacʹ) — move through water
• Belarusian: плыць (plycʹ) — move through water
• Belarusian: паплы́ць (paplýcʹ) — move through water
• Bengali: সাঁতার (śãtar) — move through water
• Central Bikol: maglangoy — move through water
• Breton: neui — move through water
• Breton: neuial — move through water
• Breton: neuñviñ — move through water
• Bulgarian: плу́вам (plúvam) — move through water
• Burmese: ရေကူး (reku:) — move through water
• Carpathian Rusyn: плывати (plŷvaty) — move through water
• Catalan: nedar — move through water
• Chechen: нека дан (neka dan) — move through water
• Chechen: лийча (liı̇ča) — move through water
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏬᏍᏗ (adawosdi) — move through water
• Cherokee: ᎠᏳᎢᏁᎦ (ayuinega) — move through water
• Chickasaw: yopi — move through water
• Chickasaw: ok-aayopi — move through water
• Chickasaw: yopichi — move through water
• Chinese Cantonese: 游水 (jau4 seoi2) — move through water
• Eastern Min Chinese: 泅水 (siù-cūi) — move through water
• Hakka Chinese: 泅水 (chhiù-súi) — move through water
• Hakka Chinese: 洗身仔 (sé-sṳ̂n-é) — move through water
• Hakka Chinese: 泅水仔 (chhiù-súi-é) — move through water
• Chinese: 泅水 (zh-min-nan) — move through water
• Chinese Mandarin: 游泳 (yóuyǒng) — move through water
• Wu Chinese: 游水 — move through water
• Wu Chinese: 游泳 (6yeu-ion5) — move through water
• Chukchi: аӈӄатыԓяк (aṇqatyḷjak) — move through water
• Chuukese: tuken — move through water
• Chuvash: иш (iš) — move through water
• Ngazidja Comorian: utsunga — move through water
• Corsican: nutà — move through water
• Czech: plavat — move through water
• Czech: plout — move through water
• Danish: svømme — move through water
• Dutch: zwemmen — move through water
• Elfdalian: simma — move through water
• Esperanto: naĝi — move through water
• Estonian: ujuma — move through water
• Evenki: элбэскэтчэми (əlbəskətçəmi) — move through water
• Evenki: уюкта- (ujukta-) — move through water
• Extremaduran: nadal — move through water
• Faroese: svimja — move through water
• Fijian: qalo — move through water
• Finnish: uida — move through water
• French: nager — move through water
• North Frisian: sweem — move through water
• West-Frisian: swimme — move through water
• Friulian: nadâ — move through water
• Fwâi: wân — move through water
• Galician: nadar — move through water
• Gamilaraay: gubiy — move through water
• Georgian: ცურავს (curavs) — move through water
• German: schwimmen — move through water
• Greek: κολυμπάω (kolympáo) — move through water
• Ancient Greek: κολυμβάω (kolumbáō) — move through water
• Ancient Greek: νήχομαι (nḗkhomai) — move through water
• Ancient Greek: νέω (néō) — move through water
• Greenlandic: naluppoq — move through water
• Haitian Creole: naje — move through water
• Hawaiian: ʻauʻau — move through water
• Hawaiian: ʻau — move through water
• Hebrew: שָׂחָה (sakhá) — move through water
• Hiligaynon: langoy — move through water
• Hindi: तैरना (tairnā) — move through water
• White Hmong: luam dej — move through water
• Hungarian: úszik — move through water
• Icelandic: synda — move through water
• Ido: natar — move through water
• Ilocano: aglangoy — move through water
• Indonesian: berenang — move through water
• Ingrian: uijua — move through water
• Interlingua: natar — move through water
• Iranun: langui — move through water
• Irish: snámh — move through water
• Italian: nuotare — move through water
• Italian: natare — move through water
• Japanese: 泳ぐ (oyogu) — move through water
• Javanese: langi — move through water
• Javanese: nglangi — move through water
• Jawe: wân — move through water
• Kapampangan: kaue — move through water
• Kapingamarangi: kau — move through water
• Kashubian: płëwac — move through water
• Kazakh: жүзу (jüzu) — move through water
• Khmer: ហែល (hael) — move through water
• Khmer: ហែលទឹក (hael tɨk) — move through water
• Korean: 수영하다 (suyeonghada) — move through water
• Korean: 헤엄치다 (heeomchida) — move through water
• Kyrgyz: жүзүү (jüzüü) — move through water
• Lao: ລອຍນ້ໍາ (lǭi nam) — move through water
• Latgalian: maut — move through water
• Latgalian: mauduot — move through water
• Latin: nato — move through water
• Latin: no — move through water
• Latvian: peldēt — move through water
• Lithuanian: plaukti — move through water
• Lombard: nodà — move through water
• Lombard: nuà — move through water
• Low German: swimmen — move through water
• Luxembourgish: schwammen — move through water
• Macedonian: пли́ва (plíva) — move through water
• Maguindanao: lumanguy — move through water
• Brunei Malay: beranang — move through water
• Malayalam: നീന്തുക (nīntuka) — move through water
• Maltese: għam — move through water
• Manchu: ᡝᠯᠪᡳᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ (elbišembi) — move through water
• Mangarevan: kau — move through water
• Mansaka: langoy — move through water
• Māori: kau — move through water
• Māori: kakau — move through water
• Māori: tere — move through water
• Maranao: langoy — move through water
• Marathi: पोहणे (pohṇe) — move through water
• Mauritian Creole: naze — move through water
• Middle English: swymmen — move through water
• Mongolian: сэлэх (selex) — move through water
• Mongolian: умбах (umbax) — move through water
• Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠬᠦ (selikü) — move through water
• Mongolian: ᠤᠮᠪᠠᠬᠤ (umbaqu) — move through water
• Nanai: паори- (paori-) — move through water
• Nanai: онёан- (onjoan-) — move through water
• Navajo: naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ — move through water
• Neapolitan: natà — move through water
• Nemi: wân — move through water
• Nepali: पौडिनु (pauḍinu) — move through water
• Ngunawal: yerra — move through water
• Norman: nagi — move through water
• Norwegian Bokmål: svømme — move through water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: symja — move through water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: symje — move through water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svømma — move through water
• Occitan: nadar — move through water
• Old Tupi: ‘ytab — move through water
• Oromo: dakuu — move through water
• Oromo: daakuu — move through water
• Ossetian: ленк кӕнын (lenk kænyn) — move through water
• Pangasinan: langoy — move through water
• Papiamentu: landa — move through water
• Pashto: لامبل (lambə́l) — move through water
• Persian: شنا کردن (šenâ kardan) — move through water
• Persian: شناویدن (šenâvidan) — move through water
• Persian: شناییدن — move through water
• Piedmontese: nové — move through water
• Pije: wân — move through water
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: naawe — move through water
• Polish: pływać — move through water
• Polish: płynąć — move through water
• Portuguese: nadar — move through water
• Quechua: wayt'ay — move through water
• Quechua: wamp'uy — move through water
• Rapa Nui: kau — move through water
• Romanian: înota — move through water
• Romansh: nudar — move through water
• Romansh: senudar — move through water
• Romansh: nuder — move through water
• Romansh: nodar — move through water
• Russian: пла́вать (plávatʹ) — move through water
• Russian: плыть (plytʹ) — move through water
• Northern Sami: vuodjat — move through water
• Samoan: ʻaʻau — move through water
• Sanskrit: प्लवते (plavate) — move through water
• Sardinian: anatare — move through water
• Sardinian: nadare — move through water
• Sardinian: natare — move through water
• Campidanese Sardinian: nadai — move through water
• Scots: sweem — move through water
• Scottish Gaelic: snàmh — move through water
• Serbo-Croatian: пли̏вати — move through water
• Serbo-Croatian: plȉvati — move through water
• Sicilian: natari — move through water
• Sindhi: ترڻ (trṇ) — move through water
• Sinhalese: පිහිනනවා (pihinanawā) — move through water
• Slovak: plávať — move through water
• Slovene: plavati — move through water
• Lower Sorbian: plěś — move through water
• Lower Sorbian: plěwaś — move through water
• Upper Sorbian: płuwać — move through water
• Spanish: nadar — move through water
• Sundanese: ngojai — move through water
• Swahili: kuogelea — move through water
• Swedish: simma — move through water
• Tagalog: lumangoy — move through water
• Tagalog: languyin — move through water
• Tajik: шино кардан (šino kardan) — move through water
• Tamil: நீந்து (nīntu) — move through water
• Tarantino: natà — move through water
• Tarantino: natare — move through water
• Tatar: йөзәргә (yözärgä) — move through water
• Tausug: languy — move through water
• Telugu: ఈదు (īdu) — move through water
• Tetum: nani — move through water
• Thai: ว่ายน้ํา (wâai-náam) — move through water
• Thai: ว่าย (wâai) — move through water
• Tibetan: ཆུ་རྐྱལ་རྒྱག (chu rkyal rgyag) — move through water
• Tibetan: འཕྱོ ('phyo) — move through water
• Tocharian B: nāsk- — move through water
• Tongan: kakau — move through water
• Tooro: -ziha — move through water
• Tuamotuan: kau — move through water
• Turkish: yüzmek — move through water
• Ottoman Turkish: یوزمك (yüzmek) — move through water
• Turkmen: ýüzmek — move through water
• Tuvan: эштир (eştir) — move through water
• Tuvan: эштип билир (eştip bilir) — move through water
• Udmurt: уяны (ujany) — move through water
• Ukrainian: пла́вати (plávaty) — move through water
• Ukrainian: попла́вати (poplávaty) — move through water
• Ukrainian: плисти́ (plystý) — move through water
• Ukrainian: поплисти́ (poplystý) — move through water
• Urdu: تیرنا (tairnā) — move through water
• Uyghur: ئۈزمەك (üzmek) — move through water
• Uzbek: suzmoq — move through water
• Uzbek: yuzmoq — move through water
• Venetan: noar — move through water
• Venetan: nodar — move through water
• Venetan: nuar — move through water
• Vietnamese: bơi — move through water
• Vietnamese: tắm — move through water
• Volapük: svimön — move through water
• Waray-Waray: langoy — move through water
• Welsh: nofio — move through water
• Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen) — move through water
• Yoruba: lùwẹ̀ — move through water
• Yurok: kepoyuerek' — move through water
• Yurok: ruerek' — move through water
• Zealandic: zwemme — move through water
• Zhuang: ap — move through water
• Zhuang: youz — move through water
• Zhuang: apdah — move through water
• Zhuang: youzraemx — move through water
• Zhuang: dajcaemx — move through water