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{{also|Simmer}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɪmɚ/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɪmə/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-simmer.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪmə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From alteration of dialectal ''simper'', from {{inh|en|enm|simperen||to simmer}}, of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb. {{etydate|late 15<sup>th</sup> century}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|simber}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[cook]] or [[undergo]] [[heating]] slowly at or below the [[boiling point]]. {{defdate|from mid 17<sup>th</sup> c.}}
#: {{ux|en|The soup '''simmered''' on the stove.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1945|month=January and February|title=Notes and News: American Locomotives in France|journal=Railway Magazine|page=46|text=The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, '''simmering''' gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.}}
#* {{quote-book|en
|year=2004
|author=Susan Westmoreland
|title=The Good Housekeeping Cookbook
|publisher=Hearst Books
|isbn=9781588163981
|page=89
|passage=That way, the heat can circulate under the meat and prevent it from '''simmering''' in its juices.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause]] to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
#: {{syn|en|coddle}}
#: {{cot|en|bake|sauté}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Simmer''' the soup for five minutes, then serve.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1981
|author=Phyllis Hobson
|title=Easy Game Cookery
|publisher=Storey Publishing
|isbn=9781603424127
|page=2
|passage=There are other easy ways you can bake and '''simmer''' and sauté wild game  without qualifying as a gourmet cook.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To be on the point of breaking out into [[anger]]; to be [[agitated]]. {{defdate|from 1760s}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Earl Ganz|title=The Taos Truth Game|publisher=UNM Press|isbn=9780826337733
|passage=Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had '''simmered''' for this long?}}
# {{lb|en|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.
#: {{ux|en|I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is '''simmer'''.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To [[develop]] [[gradually]], of an [[idea]] or [[plan]].
#: {{syn|en|gestate|ferment}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Mark H. Walker|title=Games That Sell!|year=2003|publisher=Wordware Publishing, Inc.|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1FqWstFy_YC&lpg=PA162&dq=%22simmering%22%20the%20sims&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=978-1-55622-950-3|page=162|passage=The idea for The Sims was one that had  been '''simmering''' in Wright's mind for quite some time, and was initially conceived as an architecture simulation.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|asimmer}}
* {{l|en|simmer down}}
*{{l|en|simmer up}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|(intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|qaynamaq}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|bullir a foc lent}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|熬}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stoven}}, {{t+|nl|sudderen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|boleti}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hautua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mijoter}}, {{t+|fr|bouillotter}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|guisar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გაცხელება}}
* German: {{t+|de|sieden}}, {{t+|de|köcheln}}, {{t+|de|simmern}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σιγοβράζω}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|suanbhruith}}
* Italian: {{t|it|sobbollire}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|ferbe}}, {{t|kea|apura}}, {{t|kea|apurá}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[은근히]] [[끓이다]]}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|mitonner}} {{q|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|trekke}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gotować|alt=gotować na wolnym ogniu}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aferventar}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[готовиться]] [[на]] [[медленный|медленном]] [[огонь|огне]]}}, {{t+|ru|томиться}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|eàrr-bhruich}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|calentarse}}, {{t+|es|entibiarse}}, {{t|es|a fuego lento}}, {{t|es|pocharse}} (frying), {{t+|es|escalfarse}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sjuda}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|къкря}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|coure amb poc foc}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|煨|tr=wēi}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stoven}}, {{t+|nl|sudderen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hauduttaa}}
* French: {{t|fr|faire mijoter}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|guisar}}
* German: {{t+|de|sieden}}, {{t+|de|köcheln}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σιγοβράζω}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|suanbhruith}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scaldare}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|ferbe}}, {{t|kea|apura}}, {{t|kea|apurá}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|mitonner}} {{q|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|trekke}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gotować|alt=gotować na wolnym ogniu}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aferventar}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[готовить]] [[на]] [[медленный|медленном]] [[огонь|огне]]}}, {{t|ru|[[готовить]], [[не]] [[доводить|доводя]] [[до]] [[кипение|кипения]]}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|eàrr-bhruich}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|entibiar}}, {{t|es|cocer a fuego lento}}, {{t+|es|escalfar}}, {{t+|es|pochar}} (frying)
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sjuda}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(intransitive) to be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated}}
* German: {{t+|de|schwelen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(intransitive) to remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(intransitive) to develop gradually, of an idea or plan}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вызрева́ть|impf}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{senseid|en|simmer_noun}} The state or process of simmering. {{defdate|from early 19<sup>th</sup> c.}}
#: {{ux|en|The kettle was kept on the '''simmer'''.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|process of simmering}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|къкрене|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hauduttaminen}}
* Greek: {{t|el|σιγοβράσιμο|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|aferventamento|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|calentamiento|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sjudning|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{af|en|sim|-er|gloss1=simulation|pos1=n}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|informal|video games}} Someone who plays a [[sim]] (a [[simulation]] game), particularly ''{{w|The Sims}}''.
#: {{rfquote-sense|en}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eimmrs|merism|mimers}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ˈzɪmɐ/}}
* {{audio|de|De-simmer.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{lb|de|colloquial|regional}} {{contraction of|de|[[sind]] [[wir]]}}
#: {{uxi|de|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====
* {{l|de|hammer}}

==Scots==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sco|simer|somer|sumer}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sco|enm|sumer}}, from {{inh|sco|ang|sumor}}, from {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*sumar}}, from {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*sumaraz}}.

===Noun===
{{sco-noun}}

# [[summer]]

{{topics|sco|Seasons|Time}}

==West Frisian==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|fy|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|fy|ofs|sumur}}, {{m|ofs|sumer}}, from {{inh|fy|gmw-pro|*sumar}}.

===Noun===
{{fy-noun|c|simmers|simmerke}}

# {{topics|fy|Seasons}} [[summer]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fy|simmerkrite}}
* {{l|fy|simmermoanne}}

===See also===
{{table:seasons/fy}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:WFT|87000}}

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