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Plural of mime

regular plural

The plural of mime is mimes.

Forms of mime

Singularmime /maɪm/
Pluralmimes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Mimes in a sentence

  • The mimes were packed with lascivious gestures and movements, and usually presented erotic scenes, on occasion farcically treated.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209
  • Whiteface is sometimes worn by clowns and mimes, or in the Gothic subculture.From the entry whiteface
  • Another nonconformist aesthetic, Clowncore, emulates the style of clowns, mimes, and jesters.2020, Piper Dafforn, “At the Core”, in Season, volume 3, number 1 (Don’t Put Me on Hold!), pages 4 and 7. From the entry clowncore

Meaning of mime

  1. noun A form of acting without words; pantomime.
  2. noun A pantomime actor.
  3. noun A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.

Full definition of mime

Questions about the plural of mime

What is the plural of mime?
The plural of mime is mimes.
Is mime countable?
Mime is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mime (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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