rimaye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rimaye.

Noun

rimaye (plural rimayes)

1. (geology) a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier.

Synonyms

• bergshrund

French

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal (Savoy) rimaye (“split, glacier crevasse”), from Latin rimari (“crack, split, open, search”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.maj/, /ʁi.mɛ/

Noun

rimaye m (plural rimayes)

1. (geology) a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier

Descendants

• → Catalan: rimaia
• → English: rimaye

Further reading

• “rimaye”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Noun

rīmā̀yē

1. plural of rimi