rime
English
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪm
- Homophone: rhyme
Etymology 1
From Middle English rime, ryme, rim, from Old English hrīm, from Proto-Germanic *hrīmaz, *hrīmą (“hoarfrost”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to streak; graze; touch”). Cognate with Dutch rijm (“hoarfrost”), dialectal Bavarian Reim (“light frost, fow, dew”), Danish rim (“hoarfrost”), Norwegian rim (“hoarfrost”).
Noun
rime (countable and uncountable, plural rimes)
- (meteorology) Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
- (Can we date this quote by De Quincey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The trees were now covered with rime.
- 1899, Knut Hamsun, Hunger, translated by George Egerton, Part III, page 167
- I rose, put on my shoes, and began to walk up and down the floor to try and warm myself. I looked out; there was rime on the window; it was snowing.
- (Can we date this quote by De Quincey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (meteorology) A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
- A film or slimy coating.
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Verb
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- To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
Etymology 2
From Middle English rime, from Old English rīm (“number; the precise sum or aggregation of any collection of individual things or persons”), from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēy- (“to regulate, count”). Influenced in meaning by Old French rime from the same Germanic source.
Alternative forms
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
- (obsolete or dialectal) Number.
- (archaic except in direct borrowings from French) Rhyme.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Landor to this entry?)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century.
- (linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
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Verb
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Etymology 3
Unknown
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
Etymology 4
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
- A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)
Further reading
rime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Through Old French from Medieval Latin rithmus, rhythmus.
Verb
rime (imperative rim, infinitive at rime, present tense rimer, past tense rimede, perfect tense rimet)
- to rhyme
References
- “rime” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French rime, from Vulgar Latin *rimare, from Frankish *rīm or Old High German rīm (“series, row, number”). Akin to Old English rīm (“row, series, number”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rime f (plural rimes)
Verb
rime
- inflection of rimer:
Further reading
- “rime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
rime f
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Through Old French from Medieval Latin rithmus, rhythmus.
Noun
rime m or f
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: rijm
Further reading
- “rime (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “rime (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English rīm (“number”).
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
- number
- Þatt full wel iss bitacnedd Þurrh tale & rime off fowwerrtiȝ, Off fowwerr siþe tene. — Ormulum, c1200
- (That full well is betokened thru tale and the number of forty, of four times ten.)
Related terms
- rimen (verb)
Descendants
- English: rhyme
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the noun rim, from Old Norse rím, from French rime
Verb
rime (imperative rim, present tense rimer, simple past rimte or rimet or rima, past participle rimt or rima)
- to rhyme
- to match, line up
- Informasjonen han ga rimte ikke med det vi allerede viste.
- The information he gave us didn't match with what we already knew.
Etymology 2
Verb
rime (imperative rim, present tense rimer, simple past rimet or rima, past participle rimt or rima)
- to rime
References
“rime” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- (of the verbs) rima
Etymology 1
From rim, from Old Norse rím, from French rime
Verb
rime (imperative rim, present tense rimar, simple past rima, past participle rima)
Etymology 2
Verb
rime (imperative rim, present tense rimar, simple past rima, past participle rima)
- to rime
Etymology 3
Noun
rime
Synonyms
References
“rime” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
rime oblique singular, f (oblique plural rimes, nominative singular rime, nominative plural rimes)
Synonyms
Descendants
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Verb
rime
Spanish
Verb
rime
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