Tim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tim"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪm/, [tʰɪm]

• Audio (Australia):

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Proper noun

Tim (plural Tims)

1. A diminutive of the male given names Timothy and Timon (rare).
   • 2011 January 27, Laura Berning, “I Call Your/His Name”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 September 2013:

     “Did you say Tim Donohue? I’m Tim Donohue,” my Tim said. […] It now occurred to me that the two Tims had been neighbors.

   • 2019 March 28, Matt Egan, “Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan steps down suddenly”, in CNN‎^[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 28 January 2026:

     Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan is stepping down effective immediately as the bank struggles to overcome a litany of scandals.

   • 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN‎^[3], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 28 December 2025:

     On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

Derived terms

• Tampon Tim
• Timbit
• Tim Hortons
• Timmie
• Timmo
• Timmy
• Timsort

Noun

Tim (plural Tims)

1. (slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland) A Catholic.
2. (slang, soccer) A supporter of the Scottish football team Celtic F.C..

Anagrams

• IMT, ITM, MIT, TMI, mit-

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Tim (definite accusative Timi, plural Timlər)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Tim

Danish

Proper noun

Tim

1. a male given name borrowed from English and German

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Tim
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Proper noun

Tim m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Timotheüs

German

Etymology

Originally a diminutive of Timotheus and Dietmar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɪm]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Tim m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tims)

1. a male given name, popular in the 2000's
2. Tintin

Related terms

• Timm
• Timo

Anagrams

• mit

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tim

1. a male given name borrowed from English

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tíːm/

Proper noun

Tȋm m anim

1. a male given name from English

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Tim
gen. sing.	Tima
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Tim	Tima	Timi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Tima	Timov	Timov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Timu	Timoma	Timom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Tima	Tima	Time
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Timu	Timih	Timih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Timom	Timoma	Timi

Further reading

• “Tim”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Tim c (genitive Tims)

1. a male given name borrowed from English