cime

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See also: címe, cimé, and čime

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old French cime, from Latin cȳma, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma). Doublet of cyme.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sim/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -im

Noun[edit]

cime f (plural cimes)

  1. peak, summit (of mountain)
  2. top (of tree)

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of cimetière.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cime m (plural cimes)

  1. (France, informal) Short for cimetière.

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish cimme, cimmid, from Old Irish cimbid (captive, prisoner).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cime m (genitive singular cime, nominative plural cimí)

  1. captive, prisoner

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • cimigh (commit (to prison); make captive, transitive verb)

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cime chime gcime
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

cime f pl

  1. plural of cima

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

cime

  1. inflection of cimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative