rem

• Rhymes: -ɛm

Initialism.

rem (plural rems)

1. (often capitalized) Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

rem (plural rems)

1. A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.

• Continued use of the rem is "strongly discouraged" by the style guide of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

• millirem

• sievert

Shortening of remark.

rem (plural rems)

1. (computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

• rem out

Shortening of remaining.

rem (not comparable)

1. (knitting) Remaining.
   • 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:

     Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

Blend of root +‎ em.

rem (plural rems)

1. (web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.
   • 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:

     Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.

• -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, π-mer

• rëm — Tosk, ram — archaic, dialectal

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *aeramem m, whence also Italian rame, from Latin aeramen n. The variant ram reflects the variant Vulgar Latin *aeramum m, whence also Sicilian ramu, Venetan ramo, while Tosk rëm can reflect either forms.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾɛm/

rem m (definite remi)

1. copper

   Synonym: bakër

• Meyer, G. (1891) “2) ram”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 361
• Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 74–75
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rem”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367–368

• “rem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “rem”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

Inherited from Latin rēmus.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

rem m (plural rems)

1. oar
2. (uncountable, sports) rowing

• remar

• “rem” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Norse reim.

IPA^(key): ,

• Homophone: ram

rem c (singular definite remmen, plural indefinite remme)

1. strap, thong
2. belt
3. strop

• strygerem

rem c

1. rem (A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays)

• IPA^(key): /rɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rem

From remmen.

rem f (plural remmen, diminutive remmetje n)

1. brake

• handrem
• rempedaal
• schijfrem
• terugtraprem
• trommelrem
• velgrem
• voetrem

• Afrikaans: rem
• → Caribbean Hindustani: rem
• → Caribbean Javanese: rèm
• → Indonesian: rem
• → West Frisian: rem

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rem

1. inflection of remmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Latin rēmus.

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rem m (plural rems)

1. oar

• remâ

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

rem

Wikipedia ^id

From Dutch rem (“brake”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛm/
• Hyphenation: rèm

rèm

1. brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

   Synonym: brek (Standard Malay)

2. (figurative) hindrance, obstacle

   Synonyms: penghambat, penghalang, pengekang

• “rem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /rem/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /rem/,

rem f

1. accusative singular of rēs

Inherited from Old English hrēam, from Proto-West Germanic *hraum, from Proto-Germanic *hraumaz.

• ræm, ream, reæm, reme

• IPA^(key): /rɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

rem (plural remes)

1. (mainly Early ME) A shout or yell; a loud, aggressive, noise.
2. (Early Middle English) A moan; a call of sadness or sorrow.

• remen

• “rēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

rem

1. Alternative form of reme (“cream”)

rem

1. Alternative form of reme (“ream”)

• IPA^(key): /rem/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

rem m (plural rems)

1. (nautical) rowing, sculling

From Latin rēmus.

• IPA^(key): /rɛm/

rem m

1. oar

• remé

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

rem

Wikipedia ^sv

From Old Norse reim.

rem c

1. a strap
2. a belt

• rem in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mer