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rheum

noun · 6 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹuːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: room (most accents)
  • rhymes with -uːm

1

noun

Meaning 1

Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Tears.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, poetic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Clipping of rheumatologist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

rhubarb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Rheum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

6

noun

Meaning 6

a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discharge, emission

History

Etymology

From Middle English reume, rewme, from Anglo-Norman reume, from Late Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, humour”). Doublet of stream.

Clipping of rheumatologist.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: শেঙুন (xeṅun) — nose discharge
  • Bulgarian: секреция (sekrecija) — nose discharge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眵 (chī) — nose discharge
  • Finnish: räkä — nose discharge
  • Finnish: kuola — nose discharge
  • French: chassie — nose discharge
  • French: morve — nose discharge
  • Galician: reuma — nose discharge
  • Hungarian: takony — nose discharge
  • Indonesian: selesma — nose discharge
  • Irish: réama — nose discharge
  • Korean: 점막 분비물 (jeommak bunbimul) — nose discharge
  • Macedonian: слуз (sluz) — nose discharge
  • Malay: selesma — nose discharge
  • Polish: katar — nose discharge
  • Portuguese: reuma — nose discharge
  • Romanian: urdoare — nose discharge
  • Russian: носова́я слизь (nosovája slizʹ) — nose discharge
  • Russian: слизь (slizʹ) — nose discharge
  • Spanish: mucosidad — nose discharge
  • Spanish: moco — nose discharge
  • Tamil: சளி (caḷi) — nose discharge
  • Ottoman Turkish: نزله (nezle) — nose discharge
  • Arabic: غَمَص (ḡamaṣ) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Arabic: رَمَص (ramaṣ) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Arabic: عماص (ʕumaaṣ, ʕemaaṣ) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Armenian: ճպուռ (čpuṙ) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Bulgarian: гурел (gurel) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Czech: ospalek — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Finnish: rähmä — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Greek: τσίμπλα (tsímpla) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Ancient Greek: λήμη (lḗmē) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Hungarian: csipa — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Ingrian: räämy — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Ingrian: sitta — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Italian: cispa — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Japanese: 目脂 (meyani) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Central Kurdish: ڕیپۆق (rîpoq) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Latin: grāmiae — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Macedonian: гурелка (gurelka) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Magahi: 𑂍𑂰𑂀𑂒𑂲 (kā̃cī) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Malay: tahi mata — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Māori: pīkari — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Pohnpeian: pwinan — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Portuguese: remela — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Punjabi: ਗਿੱਡ (giḍḍa) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Romagnol: càcar — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Romagnol: càcula — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: lagaña — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: legaña — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: pitarra — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: pitaña — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: chele — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: magaña — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Spanish: chinguiña — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Tahitian: vare — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Tamil: பீளை (pīḷai) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Tamil: பூளை (pūḷai) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Telugu: బూజ (būja) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Turkish: çapak — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Ottoman Turkish: چاپاق (çapak) — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Vietnamese: dử — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Vietnamese: nhử — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Vietnamese: ghèn — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Vietnamese: rử — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Vietnamese: gỉ — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Welsh: môl — eye discharge — see also sleep
  • Bulgarian: хрема (hrema) — illness
  • Finnish: flunssa — illness
  • Finnish: katarri (catarrh) — illness
  • Finnish: reumatismi — illness
  • Hungarian: nátha — illness
  • Hungarian: hurut — illness
  • Hungarian: csúz — illness
  • Hungarian: reuma — illness
  • Indonesian: pilek — illness
  • Macedonian: хре́ма (hréma) — illness
  • Malay: pilek — illness
  • Tamil: சளி (caḷi) — illness