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/tɪm/noun

TIM is spelled T-I-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory, offensive noun, TIM means “Initialism of trans-identified male, referring to a trans woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of TIM is Tims or TIMs.

How many letters and syllables are in TIM?

Letters3: T-I-M
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is TIM?

TIM appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce TIM?

  • /tɪm/

TIM has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-Tim.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of TIM

  • Tims plural
  • TIMs plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does TIM mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryoffensiveInitialism of trans-identified male, referring to a trans woman.

  2. 2

    Initialism of time interval meter.

  3. 3

    Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase.

  4. 4

    Abbreviation of time-in-minutes.

  5. 5

    Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane

noun

as Tim
  1. 1

    IrelandUKderogatoryslangA Catholic.

  2. 2

    slangA supporter of the Scottish football team Celtic F.C..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does TIM come from?

Abbreviation. In the sense "trans-identified male", when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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