rime

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 External links 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Verb 2.5 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Old French 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English hrīm.

[edit] Noun

rime (uncountable)

1. (meteorology, uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
2. (meteorology, uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
3. (uncountable) a film or slimy coating.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• rimy

[edit] External links

• Resource on weather

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English from Old English rīm. Influenced in meaning by Old French rime from the same Germanic source.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• rhyme

[edit] Noun

rime (plural rimes)

1. (archaic except in direct borrowings from French) rhyme
2. (linguistics) the 2nd part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset

[edit] External links

• SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eimr
• emir
• Meri
• mire

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French from Proto-Romance *rimāre (“‘to put in a row, order’”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīm or Old High German rīm "series, row, number". Akin to Old English rīm "row, series, number"

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʀim/
• Rhymes: -im

[edit] Noun

rime f. (plural rimes)

1. rhyme

[edit] Verb

rime

1. first-person singular present indicative of rimer.
2. third-person singular present indicative of rimer.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rimer.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of rimer.
5. second-person singular imperative of rimer.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eimr
• émir
• mire, miré
• Remi, Rémi

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

rime f.

1. Plural form of rima.

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[edit] Old French

[edit] Noun

rime f. (oblique plural rimes, nominative singular rime, nominative plural rimes)

1. story; tale; account

[edit] Synonyms

• conte, cunte

[edit] Descendants

• English : rhyme
• French: rime
• Italian: rima
• Middle English: ryme, rime