noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ɹuːm/
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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
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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
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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