rima

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin rīma (“a cleft, crack, fissure, chink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.mə/
• Rhymes: -aɪmə

Noun

rima (plural rimae)

1. (anatomy) A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.

   Hyponyms: rima glottidis, rima vestibuli

2. (astronomy) A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille.
   • 2006, Tammy Plotner, Jeff Barbour, What's Up 2006: 365 Days of Skywatching, page 128:

     Look for three prominent interior craters, as well as an ancient rima falling near the shadow's edge.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• Amir, Irma, Mair, Mari, Mira, RAIM, amir, mair, raim, rami

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma
• Rhymes: -ima

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan rima, from rim (“verse”), from Latin rhythmus.

Noun

rima f (plural rimes)

1. rhyme

Derived terms

• rimar

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Related to arrimar.

Noun

rima f (plural rimes)

1. stack, heap

   Synonym: pila

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse (compare Old Norse rim (“slat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimɑ/,
• Rhymes: -imɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧ma

Noun

rima

1. lath (thin grade of lumber)
2. (sports) bar (the beam to be cleared in the high jump and pole vault)
3. (figurative) bar (from sports use)

   laskea rimaa ― to lower the bar

   rimaa hipoen ― barely, only just

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rima”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mari, Mira, Rami, armi, mari, rami

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ma/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

rima

1. third-person singular past historic of rimer

Anagrams

• mari, mira, rami

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrima̝/

Etymology 1

Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (“number”) or from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number, calculation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to regulate, count”).

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. an ordered pile; in particular a stack of firewood

Derived terms

• rimeiro

Related terms

• agarimar
• arrimar

Etymology 2

Documented since the 13th century; probably from Old Occitan or from Old French. See proposed etymologies under rhyme.

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme

References

• “rima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun

rima (plural rimák)

1. (literary, offensive) harlot

   See synonyms at kurva.

Declension

Further reading

• rima in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.ma/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: rì‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rime, from a Germanic word cognate with Old English rīm (“counting”).

Noun

rima f (plural rime)

1. rhyme
2. (in the plural) verses
3. (anatomy) rima

Related terms

• rimare

Etymology 2

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Mira, armi, mari, mira, rami

Jamamadí

Adverb

rima

1. (Banawá) often

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Kanakanabu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reyH-meh₂, from *reyH- (“to tear, cut”). Akin to Latvian riewa (“furrow, fold, cleft”) and Lithuanian rieva (“hill, chasm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ma/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ma/,

Noun

rīma f (genitive rīmae); first declension

1. a cleft, crack, fissure, chink
2. (vulgar) the vulva, female genitalia

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• rīmor, rīmō (verb)
• rīmōsus (adjective)
• rīmula (diminutive)

Related terms

• rīmābundus
• rīmātim
• rīmātor

Descendants

• → English: rima, ⇒ rima glottidis

References

• “rima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the house walls are beginning to crack: domus rimas agit
    

Anagrams

• mari

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima (compare with Hawaiian lima), from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima (compare with Malay lima), from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rimene

Noun

rima n pl

1. definite plural of rim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rima n

1. definite plural of rim

Old English

Alternative forms

• reoma

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rimō, from Proto-Germanic *rimô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Middle Low German remme, Old West Norse rimi (Norwegian rime), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.mɑ/

Noun

rima m (nominative plural riman)

1. edge; rim; border
2. bank (of a river, stream, etc.)
3. coast

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: rime, rym, rim
  • English: rim

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rithmus, rhythmus.

Noun

rima f (oblique plural rimas, nominative singular rima, nominative plural rimas)

1. rhyme; verse (poetry)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rime, from Old French rime, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīmą.

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾi.ma/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Maori rima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Maori rima.

Noun

rima

1. hand, arm

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, pages 51, 79
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rimer.

Verb

a rima (third-person singular present rimează, past participle rimat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)

Conjugation

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

-rima (infinitive kurima, perfective -rimye)

1. cultivate

   Synonym: -hinga

Derived terms

• irima (“farming season”) (Rundi)
• umurima (“garden”)
• umurimo (“job”)
• umurimyi (“farmer”) (Rundi)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian rima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǐːma/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

ríma f (Cyrillic spelling ри́ма)

1. rhyme

   Synonym: srok

Declension

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

-rima (infinitive kurima)

1. cultivate

Derived terms

• murimi

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rìːma/, /ríːma/

Noun

rīma f

1. rhyme (word that rhymes with another)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Further reading

• “rima”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrima/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: ri‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan rima (“verse”).

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme
2. consonance

   rima imperfecta ― assonance

   media rima ― assonance

3. (in the plural) poems, poetry
4. heap, pile

Etymology 2

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

rima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Synonyms

• tarima

Noun

rima

1. (anatomy) hand

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German rieme, from Old High German riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

rīma m (plural rima)

1. belt (band worn around the waist)
2. strap