grime

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
2. (uncountable) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

Verb

To begrime; to cake with dirt.

Sinonieme

filth

dirt

soil

body dirt

stain

befoul

begrime

muck

dirty

besmirch

splotch

bemire

grease

bedraggle

foul

colly

make dirty

dust

blacken

grunge

soot

smirch

smut

speck

spot

sully

taint

smutch

coal-dust

muddy up

scum

bedaub

besmear

bespatter

blot

cinders

defile

dirtiness

draggle

lint

maculate

mess

mire

moil

muddy

particle

powder

ashes

sludge

slur

Vertalings

Schmutz

λερώνω

crasse

saleté

sporcizia

mugre

λέρα

sudiciume

roet

qilêr

ordure

🗑️

qirêj

brutícia

salir

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɹaɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: grim

Geërf van Old English: grīma

Verwante met Nederlands: grijmsel

Verwante met Middle Dutch: grime

Verwante met Middle Low German: greme

Verwante met Deens: grimet

Verwante met Boeknoors: grimete

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: grimete

In summary

From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”).
Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).