rim

See also rím, rim-, Rim, and Řím

English

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Etymology

Old English rima.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪm/

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

rim (plural rims)

1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
2. (automotive) wheel rim

Translations

edge around something

Danish: rand (da), indfatning (da) (for any shape), fælg (da) (only for wheels) Dutch: rand (nl) m. Finnish: reuna (erit. pyöreän esineen) French: bord (for any shape) ; jante (only for wheels) German: Rand m., Kante f., Felge (of a wheel) Interlingua: bordo, orlo Italian: orlo (it), bordo (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: kant (nb) m., rand (nb) m. and f. Nynorsk: rand (nn) f., kant (nn) m.

Portuguese: borda (pt) f. Scottish Gaelic: iomall (gd) m., oir (gd) f., bile (gd) f. Serbian: rub, ivica, obod, naplatak (of wheel) m., gobela (of wheel) f. Spanish: borde (es) m., canto (es) m. Swedish: rand (sv) c., kant (sv) c.

wheel rim

Basque: uztai (eu), hagun (eu) Dutch: velg (nl) Finnish: aluvanne (fi) French: roue (fr) Italian: cerchione (it), cerchio (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: felg (nb) m. Nynorsk: felg (nn) m.

Polish: felga f. Spanish: aro m. (Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Puerto Rico), llanta f. (Chile, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay), rin m. (Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela)

See also

• (wheel rim): mag wheel, alloy wheel, steel rim

Verb

rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

1. To form a rim on.
2. To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit

   Palm trees rim the beach.

   A walking path rims the island.

3. (of a ball) To roll around a rim.

   The golf ball rimmed the cup.

   The basketball rimmed in and out.

4. (slang) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
   • 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216

     When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.

Translations

form a rim

follow the contours

roll around a rim

lick the anus

French: verb (fr)

Anagrams

• IRM, mir, Mir, MIR, MRI

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrím.

Noun

rim c. (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)

1. hoarfrost, rime

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime (“rhyme”).

Noun

rim n. (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

1. rhyme

Inflection

    Inflection of rim

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	rim	rimet	rim	rimene
genitive	rims	rimets	rims	rimenes

See also

• Rim on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

See rime.

Verb

rim

1. imperative of rime

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *rīman (“number, count, series”), from Proto-Indo-European *re(i)- (“to reason, count”). Akin to Old Frisian rīm, Old Saxon -rīm, Old High German rīm, Icelandic rím

Pronunciation

• IPA: /riːm/

Noun

rīm n.

1. a number, counting, reckoning, numeral; calendar

   Rim miclade monna mægþe geond middan-geard — Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase

2. sum; enumeration

Declension

    Declension of rim (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	rīm	rīm
accusative	rīm	rīm
genitive	rīmes	rīma
dative	rīme	rīmum

Derived terms

• gerīm n. — A number, computation, measurement, calendar, diary
• rīman — to count, number; tell, enumerate, relate; account, esteem as
• rīmāþ m. — oath by a number of persons
• rīmbōc — calendar
• rīmcræft m. — arithmetic; calendar
• rīmcræftig — skilled in reckoning
• rīmcræftiga m. — one skilful at figures
• rīmgetæl, rīmgetel n. — number
• rīmre m. — reckoner, calculator
• rīmtæl n. — number
• rīmtalu f. number

Descendants

• English rime, rhyme

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ren.

Noun

rim m. (plural rins)

1. kidney
2. (in the plural) small of the back

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Swedish

Noun

rim n.

1. rhyme

Declension

Declension of rim

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rim	rimmet	rim	rimmen
genitive	rims	rimmets	rims	rimmens

See also

• rimma

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Volapük

Noun

rim (plural rims)

1. rhyme

Declension

declension of rim

	singular	plural
nominative	rim	rims
genitive	rima	rimas
dative	rime	rimes
accusative	rimi	rimis
predicative	rimu	rimus
vocative	o rim!	o rims!

See also

• rimod