rhyme

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Pronunciation 1.3.1 Homophones 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English ryme, rime, from Old English rīm "number, enumeration, series". Akin to Old High German rīm "series, row, number" Old English rīman (“‘to count, count off, list’”). Meaning influenced in Middle English by Old French rime "rhyme" from the same Germanic source.

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• rime (Obsolete)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: rīm, IPA: /ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm/
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• Rhymes: -aɪm

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• rime

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rhyme (plural rhymes)

1. Verse, poetry.

   nursery rhyme

2. (uncountable) The fact of rhyming.
3. A word that rhymes with another.

   "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake".

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to rhyme (third-person singular simple present rhymes, present participle rhyming, simple past and past participle rhymed)

1. (transitive, followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

   "Creation" rhymes with "integration".

2. (reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

   "Mug" and "rug" rhyme.

   "India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.

3. (transitive) To put words together so that they rhyme.

   I rewrote it to make it rhyme.

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