rim

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Inflection 2.2.1.2 See also 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Verb 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Descendants 4 Portuguese 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 See also 6 Volapük 6.1 Noun 6.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English rima.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɪm

[edit] Noun

rim (plural rims)

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Verb

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

1. (vulgar) (slang) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: imr
• IRM
• mir, Mir
• MRI

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrím.

[edit] Noun

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

1. hoarfrost, rime

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

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

1. rhyme

[edit] Inflection

[edit] See also

• Rim on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology 3

See rime.

[edit] Verb

rim

1. Imperative of rime.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *rim- (“‘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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ri:m/

[edit] Noun

rīm n.

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

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

2. sum; enumeration

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Descendants

• English rime, rhyme

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

Latin ren

[edit] Noun

rim m. (plural: rins)

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

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

rim n.

Inflection for rim	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	rim	rimmet	rim	rimmen
Possessive form	rims	rimmets	rims	rimmens

1. rhyme

[edit] See also

• rimma

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

rim

1. a rhyme

[edit] See also

• rimod