rim

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See also: Rim, rím, Rím, and Řím

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Noun[edit]

rim (plural rims)

  1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
  2. (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
    • 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
      About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
  3. (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
    • 2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing, page 130:
      A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]
    • 2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7:
      On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.
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Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To form a rim on.
  2. (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
    Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  3. (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
    The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Noun[edit]

rim (plural rims)

  1. (UK dialectal) A membrane.
  2. (UK dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
    • 1599, Shakespeare, King Henry V, act iV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand:
      Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.

Etymology 3[edit]

From a variation of ream.

Verb[edit]

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 a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
    • 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216:
      When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.
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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rhythmus. Doublet of ritme.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rim m (plural rims)

  1. verse
    Synonym: vers
  2. rhyme
    Synonym: rima

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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse hrím, from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. hoarfrost, rime

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

rim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

  1. rhyme
Inflection[edit]
Declension of rim
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rim rimet rim rimene
genitive rims rimets rims rimenes
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Etymology 3[edit]

See rime.

Verb[edit]

rim

  1. imperative of rime

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪm]
  • Hyphenation: rim

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”), from Arabic رِزْمَة‎ (rizma, “bundle”).

Noun[edit]

rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)

  1. ream, a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old Dutch *riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Noun[edit]

rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)

  1. (colloquial) leather belt.

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Mizo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rim

  1. smell
  2. odour

Adverb[edit]

rim

  1. hard

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic رُمْح‎ (rumḥ).[1] For rimb, compare the probably related Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb).

Noun[edit]

r̄im ?

  1. spear, lance, javelin
  2. unit of measure the length of a spear

Descendants[edit]

  • → Armenian: ռըմ (ṙəm) (Van, Moks, Shatakh)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “rim”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 518a

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime.

Noun[edit]

rim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima or rimene)

  1. a rhyme
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse hrím.

Noun[edit]

rim m (definite singular rimen, uncountable)
rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

  1. rime (frost)
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse rím, from Old French rime.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a rhyme
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse hrím. Akin to English rime.

Noun[edit]

rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

  1. rime (frost)
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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rīm n

  1. number

Declension[edit]

Declension of rim (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative rīm rīm
accusative rīm rīm
genitive rīmes rīma
dative rīme rīmum

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Portuguese[edit]

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rins

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rin, from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: rim

Noun[edit]

rim m (plural rins)

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

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rím, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą.

Noun[edit]

rim n

  1. rhyme

Declension[edit]

Declension of rim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rim rimmet rim rimmen
Genitive rims rimmets rims rimmens

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Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

rim (nominative plural rims)

  1. rhyme

Declension[edit]

declension of rim
singular plural
nominative rim rims
genitive rima rimas
dative rime rimes
accusative rimi rimis
vocative 1 o rim! o rims!
predicative 2 rimu rimus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Zhuang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tai *k.temᴬ (“full”). Cognate with Thai เต็ม (dtem), Lao ເຕັມ (tem), Northern Thai ᨲᩮ᩠ᨾ, Lü ᦎᦲᧄ (ṫiim), Shan တဵမ် (tǎem), Nong Zhuang daem.

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Adjective[edit]

rim (1957–1982 spelling rim)

  1. full
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