name
Meaning 1
A unisex given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Ramie Dowling, b. 1921
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ramie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: răʹmē
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UK: /ˈɹæmi/
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General-American: răʹmē
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General-American: rāʹmē
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General-American: /ˈɹæmi/
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General-American: /ˈɹeɪmi/
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rhymes with -æmi
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rhymes with -eɪmi
noun
Meaning 2
A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, of species Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The fibre extracted from this plant known especially for its ability to hold shape, reduce wrinkling, and introduce a silky lustre used to make textiles, fishing nets, upholstery, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ramee, Chinese silk plant, China grass, Boehmeria nivea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: false nettle, bog hemp
History
Etymology
From Malay rami.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قُنَّبُ سِيَام (qunnabu siyām) — Boehmeria nivea
- Assamese: ৰিহা (riha) — Boehmeria nivea
- Atayal: kgis — Boehmeria nivea
- Atayal: kgiy — Boehmeria nivea
- Bulgarian: китайска коприва (kitajska kopriva) — Boehmeria nivea
- Bulgarian: рамия (ramija) — Boehmeria nivea
- Chinese Mandarin: 苧麻 (zhùmá) — Boehmeria nivea
- Estonian: ramjee — Boehmeria nivea
- Finnish: rami — Boehmeria nivea
- Finnish: kiinanruoho — Boehmeria nivea
- German: Ramie — Boehmeria nivea
- Italian: ramia — Boehmeria nivea
- Japanese: 苧 (karamushi) — Boehmeria nivea
- Korean: 모시풀 (mosipul) — Boehmeria nivea
- Malay: rami — Boehmeria nivea
- Miyako: ブー (bū) — Boehmeria nivea
- Polish: szczmiel — Boehmeria nivea
- Romanian: ramie — Boehmeria nivea
- Romanian: ramia — Boehmeria nivea
- Tagalog: amiray — Boehmeria nivea
- Tagalog: arimay — Boehmeria nivea
- Thai: ป่านรามี — Boehmeria nivea
- Bulgarian: рамия (ramija) — fibre
- Finnish: rami — fibre
- Italian: ramia — fibre
- Korean: 모시 (mosi) — fibre
- Polish: ramia — fibre