English
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Etymology
Old English swimman

Pronunciation
RP & US: IPA|/swɪm/
audio|en-us-swim.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪm|-ɪm

Verb
en-verb|swims|swimming|swam|swum

1. intransitive To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
2. transitive To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.

#: He will attempt to swim the channel.
#: For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.
#: I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.''

Translations

Albanian: notoj
Arabic: Arab|سبح unicode|(sábaħa)
trreq|Armenian
Bosnian: plivati
Breton: neui, neuial
Bulgarian: пл�вам (pluvam)
Catalan: nedar
Chinese: 游泳 (yóuy�ng)
Croatian: plivati
Czech: plavat
trreq|Danish
Dutch: zwemmen
Esperanto: na�i
Estonian: ujuma
Finnish: uida
French: nager
German: schwimmen
trreq|Greek
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: úszik
Indonesian: renang|berenang
Interlingua: natar
Irish: (ag) snámh
Italian: nuotare
Japanese: 泳� (���, oyogu)
Korean: ���� (suyeonghada)
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Latin: natare
trreq|Latvian
trreq|Lithuanian
Malayalam: ന�ന�ത�� (neenthuka)
trreq|Mongolian
trreq|Norwegian
Persian: fa-Arab|ش�ا کرد� (šen� kardan), fa-Arab|ش�ار�د� (šen�ridan), fa-Arab|ش�ا��د� (šen�vidan), fa-Arab|ش�ا�ر� کرد� (šen�vari kardan)
Polish: p�ywa�
Portuguese: nadar
Romanian: înota
Romansch: nudar
Russian: плава�� (plávat�)
Sardinian (Campidanese): nadai
Scottish Gaelic: snàmh
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: плива�и
:Roman: plivati
Slovak: plávať
Slovene: plavati
Spanish: nadar
Swahili: kuogelea
Swedish: simma
Telugu: �ద� (eedu)
Thai: Thai|ว�าย��ำ (wâai náam), Thai|ว�าย (wâai)
Turkish: yüz-
Vietnamese: bơi, tắm (lit. �to bathe�; used when swimming leisurely)

Noun
en-noun

1. An instance of swimming; the act of swimming.

#:I'm going for a swim.

Translations

Bulgarian: пл�ване n
Czech: plavání n
German: Schwimmen n (2)
Italian: nuotata f (1), nuoto m (2)
Japanese: 泳� (���, oyogi), 水泳 (����, suiei)
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Slovak: plávanie n
Telugu: �త (eetha)

See also
w:swimming|Wikipedia article on swimming

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English irregular verbs
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