reim

See also: Reim and réim

English

Alternative forms

• riem

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch riem.

Noun

reim (plural reims)

1. (South Africa) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “reim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• IMer, Meri, Mire, emir, meri, mire, riem, rime

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reiːm/
• Rhymes: -eiːm

Noun

reim f (genitive singular reimar, nominative plural reimar)

1. strap, belt
2. shoelace

Declension

declension of reim

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reim	reimin	reimar	reimarnar
accusative	reim	reimina	reimar	reimarnar
dative	reim	reiminni	reimum	reimunum
genitive	reimar	reimarinnar	reima	reimanna

Synonyms

• (shoelace): skóreim

Derived terms

• skóreim

Anagrams

• ermi
• meir
• meri

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Norwegian Bokmål

Drivreim (drive belt)

Alternative forms

• rem

Etymology

From Old Norse reim

Noun

reim f or m (definite singular reima or reimen, indefinite plural reimer, definite plural reimene)

1. a belt, strap

Derived terms

• klokkereim
• lærreim
• registerreim

References

• “reim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse reim

Noun

reim f (definite singular reima, indefinite plural reimer, definite plural reimene)
reim f (definite singular reima, indefinite plural reimar, definite plural reimane)

1. a belt, strap

Derived terms

• klokkereim
• registerreim

References

• “reim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.