Remi

See also: remi, remí, and Rémi

French

Alternative forms

• Rémi
• Rémy
• Remy

Etymology

A sixth-century French saint, Latin Remigius, from remex (“oarsman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.mi/, /ʁe.mi/

Proper noun

Remi ?

1. A male given name.

Anagrams

• émir, mire, miré, rime, rimé

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Latin

Etymology 1

Gaulish/Celtic name meaning "chieftains, first ones," from Proto-Celtic *ɸare. The modern city name Reims has been conflated with remus (“oar”), in the sense "helmsman" (modern Welsh rhwyf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.miː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.mi/, [ˈrɛː.mi]

Proper noun

Rēmī m pl (genitive Rēmōrum); second declension

1. (ancient history) A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Durocortorum

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Rēmī
Genitive	Rēmōrum
Dative	Rēmīs
Accusative	Rēmōs
Ablative	Rēmīs
Vocative	Rēmī

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.miː/, [ˈrɛ.miː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.mi/, [ˈrɛː.mi]

Proper noun

Remī m

1. genitive masculine singular of Remus
2. nominative masculine plural of Remus
3. vocative masculine plural of Remus

References

• Remi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Remi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Remi in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• ABC-CLIO (2006): Celtic Culture: A-Celti

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Remi

1. A male given name borrowed from French.