TIM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tim"

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĭm, IPA^(key): /tɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

The service was originally reached in major cities by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone.

Proper noun

TIM

1. (British) A nickname for the speaking clock.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

• (trans-identified male): when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim.

Alternative forms

• TiM

Noun

TIM (countable and uncountable, plural TIMs)

1. (usually derogatory, offensive, dysphemistic) Initialism of trans-identified male.
2. (electronics) Initialism of time interval meter.
3. Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase.
4. Abbreviation of time-in-minutes.

   Synonyms: TiM, T-I-M, T-i-M, T.I.M.

5. (cytology) Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane

Coordinate terms

• (trans-identified male): TIF
• (electronics): TDC
• (cytology): TOC, TIC, TOM

Anagrams

• IMT, ITM, MIT, TMI, mit-

Italian

Proper noun

TIM ?

1. Initialism of Telecom Italia Mobile (“a mobile phone network”).