Standard Lemma guide

rheme

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ɹiːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: ream
  • rhymes with -iːm

1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: comment

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of sumisign.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sumisign

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “word, phrase, verb”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: réma — part of a sentence
  • Esperanto: remao — part of a sentence
  • Finnish: reema — part of a sentence
  • French: rhème — part of a sentence
  • German: Rhema — part of a sentence
  • Hungarian: réma — part of a sentence
  • Polish: remat — part of a sentence
  • Portuguese: rema — part of a sentence
  • Russian: ре́ма (réma) — part of a sentence
  • Spanish: rema — part of a sentence
  • Swedish: rema — part of a sentence
  • Ukrainian: ре́ма (réma) — part of a sentence