simmer

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪmɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪmə/ Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== simber (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== simmer (third-person singular simple present simmers, present participle simmering, simple past and past participle simmered) (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. [from mid 17th c.] (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. Synonym: coddle Coordinate terms: bake, sauté (intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. [from 1760s] (intransitive, figurative) To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation. (intransitive, figurative) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan. Synonyms: gestate, ferment ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== simmer The state or process of simmering. [from early 19th c.] ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From sim (“simulation”, noun) + -er. ==== Noun ==== simmer (plural simmers) (informal, video games) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) === Anagrams === merism, mimers == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɪmɐ/ === Verb === simmer (colloquial, regional) contraction of sind +‎ wir Wann simmer denn da? ― When are we gonna be there? ==== Usage notes ==== This contraction is common throughout central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria. It is only occasionally heard in northern Germany. ==== See also ==== hammer == Scots == === Alternative forms === simer, somer, sumer === Etymology === From Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz. === Noun === simmer (plural simmers) summer == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian sumur, sumer, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar. === Pronunciation === === Noun === simmer c (plural simmers, diminutive simmerke) summer ==== Derived terms ==== simmerkrite simmermoanne === See also === === Further reading === “simmer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011