rhyme

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• rīm
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/
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• Australian: /ɹɑem/
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• New-Zealand: [ɹɑe̯m]
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• homophone: rime
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• rhymes with -aɪm
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• CMU ARPABET: R AY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical letters or sounds in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; measure, meter, rhythm; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”), from Anglo-Norman rime, ryme (“identical letters or sounds in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”) (modern French rime); further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Latin rhythmus (“rhythm”), from Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós, “measured motion, rhythm; regular, repeating motion, vibration”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow; a stream”); or * borrowed from Frankish *rīm (“number, order, sequence, series, row of identical things”) (whence Old English rīm (“number, enumeration, series”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h2rey- (“to arrange; to count”) and *h2er- (“to fit, put together; to fix; to slot”). Cognates * Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”) * Dutch rijm (“rhyme”) * Middle Low German rīm (“rhyme”) * Old Frisian rīm (“number, amount, tale”) * Old High German rīm (“series, row, number”) (modern German Reim (“rhyme”)) * Old Irish rīm (“number”) * Old Norse rím (“calculation, calendar”) (Icelandic rím (“rhyme”), Norwegian rim (“rhyme”), Swedish rim (“rhyme”)) * Welsh rhif (“number”)

From Middle English rimen, rymen, rim, rime (“to recite or write verse; to sing songs; to tell a story in verse; to fit into verse; (figurative) to agree, make sense”), from Anglo-Norman rimer, Middle French rimer, and Old French rimer (“to rhyme (a word) with another word; to write verse”) (modern French rimer), Old French rime, ryme (noun): see etymology 1. Cognates * Catalan rimar * Icelandic ríma * Italian rimar * Middle Dutch rīmen (modern Dutch rijmen) * Middle High German rīmen (modern German reimen) * Middle Low German rīmen * Old Danish rime (modern Danish rime) * Old Occitan rimar (“to rhyme (a word) with another word; to write verse”) * Old Swedish rima (modern Swedish rima) * Portuguese rimar * Spanish rimar

208 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda) — verse, poetry
• Arabic: أُسْجُوعَة (ʔusjūʕa) — verse, poetry
• Belarusian: верш (vjerš) — verse, poetry
• Bulgarian: стих (stih) — verse, poetry
• Bulgarian: стихотворе́ние (stihotvorénie) — verse, poetry
• Bulgarian: сти́хче (stíhče) — verse, poetry
• Catalan: rima — verse, poetry
• Chinese Mandarin: 韻文 /韵文 (yùnwén) — verse, poetry
• Czech: (dětská) říkanka — verse, poetry
• Czech: rýmovačka — verse, poetry
• Dutch: rijm — verse, poetry
• Dutch: rijmpje — verse, poetry
• Dutch: vers — verse, poetry
• Dutch: versje — verse, poetry
• Finnish: riimi — verse, poetry
• French: strophe — verse, poetry
• French: vers — verse, poetry
• Galician: rima — verse, poetry
• German: Reim — verse, poetry
• Greek: ομοιοκαταληξία (omoiokatalixía) — verse, poetry
• Hebrew: חֲרִיזָה (kharizá) — verse, poetry
• Icelandic: rím — verse, poetry
• Japanese: 詩 (uta) — verse, poetry
• Khmer: កាព្យ (kaap) — verse, poetry
• Lao: ໂຄງ (khōng) — verse, poetry
• Malay: rima — verse, poetry
• Dari: قَافِیَه (qāfiya) — verse, poetry
• Iranian Persian: قافِیِه (ġâfiye) — verse, poetry
• Portuguese: poesia — verse, poetry
• Romanian: vers — verse, poetry
• Romanian: rimă — verse, poetry
• Russian: стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije) — verse, poetry
• Russian: стих (stix) — verse, poetry
• Swahili: kina — verse, poetry
• Swedish: rim — verse, poetry
• Tajik: қофия (qofiya) — verse, poetry
• Thai: กลอน (glɔɔn) — verse, poetry
• Thai: กาพย์ (gàap) — verse, poetry
• Turkish: kafiye — verse, poetry
• Turkish: uyak — verse, poetry
• Ottoman Turkish: قافیه (kafiye) — verse, poetry
• Ukrainian: вірш (virš) — verse, poetry
• Urdu: قافِیَہ (qāfiya) — verse, poetry
• Yiddish: גראַם (gram) — verse, poetry
• Albanian: rimë — word that rhymes with another
• Albanian: gjasërame — word that rhymes with another
• Arabic: قَافِيَة (qāfiya) — word that rhymes with another
• Armenian: հանգ (hang) — word that rhymes with another
• Azerbaijani: qafiyə — word that rhymes with another
• Belarusian: ры́фма (rýfma) — word that rhymes with another
• Bulgarian: ри́ма (ríma) — word that rhymes with another
• Burmese: ကာရန် (karan) — word that rhymes with another
• Catalan: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Chinese Mandarin: 韻 /韵 (yùn) — word that rhymes with another
• Chinese Mandarin: 韻腳 /韵脚 (yùnjiǎo) — word that rhymes with another
• Czech: rým — word that rhymes with another
• Danish: rim — word that rhymes with another
• Dutch: rijmwoord — word that rhymes with another
• Dutch: rijm — word that rhymes with another
• Estonian: riim — word that rhymes with another
• Finnish: riimi — word that rhymes with another
• French: rime — word that rhymes with another
• Galician: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Georgian: რითმა (ritma) — word that rhymes with another
• German: Reim — word that rhymes with another
• Greek: ομοιοκαταληξία (omoiokatalixía) — word that rhymes with another
• Ancient Greek: ὁμοιοκαταληξία (homoiokatalēxía) — word that rhymes with another
• Hebrew: חָרוּז (kharúz) — word that rhymes with another
• Hindi: तुक (tuk) — word that rhymes with another
• Hungarian: rím — word that rhymes with another
• Icelandic: rím — word that rhymes with another
• Italian: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Japanese: 韻 (in) — word that rhymes with another
• Kazakh: ұйқас (ūiqas) — word that rhymes with another
• Khmer: ឃ្លោង (khloong) — word that rhymes with another
• Khmer: ជួន (cuən) — word that rhymes with another
• Korean: 운 (un) — word that rhymes with another
• Kyrgyz: уйкаштык (uykaştık) — word that rhymes with another
• Lao: ສໍາຜັດ (sam phat) — word that rhymes with another
• Latvian: atskaņa — word that rhymes with another
• Lithuanian: rimas — word that rhymes with another
• Macedonian: рима (rima) — word that rhymes with another
• Malay: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Māori: huarite — word that rhymes with another
• Māori: kupu huarite — word that rhymes with another
• Norwegian Bokmål: rim — word that rhymes with another
• Dari: قَافِیَه (qāfiya) — word that rhymes with another
• Iranian Persian: قافِیِه (ġâfiye) — word that rhymes with another
• Polish: rym — word that rhymes with another
• Portuguese: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Romanian: rimă — word that rhymes with another
• Russian: ри́фма (rífma) — word that rhymes with another
• Serbo-Croatian: слик — word that rhymes with another
• Serbo-Croatian: срок — word that rhymes with another
• Serbo-Croatian: рима — word that rhymes with another
• Serbo-Croatian: slik — word that rhymes with another
• Serbo-Croatian: srok — word that rhymes with another
• Serbo-Croatian: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Slovak: rým — word that rhymes with another
• Slovene: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Spanish: rima — word that rhymes with another
• Swahili: kina — word that rhymes with another
• Swedish: rim — word that rhymes with another
• Tajik: қофия (qofiya) — word that rhymes with another
• Tamil: எதுகை (etukai) — word that rhymes with another
• Tamil: ஒத்திசை (otticai) — word that rhymes with another
• Thai: สัมผัส (sǎm-pàt) — word that rhymes with another
• Turkish: kafiye — word that rhymes with another
• Ottoman Turkish: قافیه (kafiye) — word that rhymes with another
• Ukrainian: ри́ма (rýma) — word that rhymes with another
• Urdu: قافِیَہ (qāfiya) — word that rhymes with another
• Uzbek: qofiya — word that rhymes with another
• Vietnamese: vần — word that rhymes with another
• Arabic: سَجْع (sajʕ) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Bulgarian: ри́ма (ríma) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Catalan: rima — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Chinese Mandarin: 押韻 /押韵 (yāyùn) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Dutch: rijm — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Esperanto: rimo — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Finnish: riimi — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Finnish: sointu — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Galician: rima — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• German: Reim — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Greek: ομοιοκαταληξία (omoiokatalixía) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Hebrew: חֲרִיזָה (kharizá) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Japanese: 押韻 (ōin) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Korean: 압운 (abun) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Malay: rima — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Māori: huarite — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Portuguese: rima — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Romanian: rimă — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Russian: ри́фма (rífma) — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Serbo-Croatian: slik — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Serbo-Croatian: srok — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• Spanish: rima — rhyming; sameness of letters or sounds of some parts of words, as ‘the poem exhibits rhyme’
• French: rime — second part of a syllable
• German: Silbenreim — second part of a syllable
• Hungarian: rím — second part of a syllable
• Italian: rima — second part of a syllable
• Yoruba: odo — second part of a syllable
• Catalan: rimar — (transitive) put words together
• Czech: rýmovat — (transitive) put words together
• Dutch: rijmen — (transitive) put words together
• Esperanto: rimi — (transitive) put words together
• Finnish: riimitellä — (transitive) put words together
• French: faire rimer — (transitive) put words together
• Galician: rimar — (transitive) put words together
• German: reimen — (transitive) put words together
• Greek: ομοιοκαταληκτώ (omoiokataliktó) — (transitive) put words together
• Italian: fare rima — (transitive) put words together
• Japanese: 韻を踏む (in o fumu) — (transitive) put words together
• Polish: rymować — (transitive) put words together
• Portuguese: rimar — (transitive) put words together
• Russian: рифмова́ть (rifmovátʹ) — (transitive) put words together
• Spanish: rimar — (transitive) put words together
• Swedish: rimma — (transitive) put words together
• Ukrainian: римува́ти (rymuváty) — (transitive) put words together
• Yiddish: גראַמען (gramen) — (transitive) put words together
• Azerbaijani: qafiyələndirmək — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Bulgarian: римувам (rimuvam) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Catalan: rimar — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓韻 /压韵 (yāyùn) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Chinese Mandarin: 押韻 /押韵 (yāyùn) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Czech: rýmovat se — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Danish: rime — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Dutch: rijmen — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Finnish: rimmata — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• French: rimer — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Galician: rimar — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• German: sich reimen (mit) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Greek: ομοιοκαταληκτώ (omoiokataliktó) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Hungarian: rímel — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Italian: mettere in rima — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Japanese: 韻を踏む (in o fumu) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Japanese: 押韻する (ōin suru) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Māori: huarite — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Norwegian: rime — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Portuguese: rimar — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Romanian: rima — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Russian: рифмова́ться (rifmovátʹsja) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Serbo-Croatian: slikovati — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Serbo-Croatian: srokovati — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Slovene: rimati se — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Spanish: rimar — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Swedish: rimma — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Ukrainian: римува́тися (rymuvátysja) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Welsh: odli — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Yiddish: גראַמען (gramen) — (intransitive) to rhyme (with)
• Catalan: rimar — (reciprocal)
• Czech: rýmovat se — (reciprocal)
• Danish: rime — (reciprocal)
• Dutch: (op elkaar) rijmen — (reciprocal)
• Finnish: rimmata — (reciprocal)
• Galician: rimar — (reciprocal)
• German: sich reimen — (reciprocal)
• Greek: ομοιοκαταληκτώ (omoiokataliktó) — (reciprocal)
• Hungarian: rímel — (reciprocal)
• Italian: fare rima — (reciprocal)
• Japanese: 韻を踏む (in o fumu) — (reciprocal)
• Māori: huarite — (reciprocal)
• Portuguese: rimar — (reciprocal)
• Russian: рифмова́ться (rifmovátʹsja) — (reciprocal)
• Serbo-Croatian: slikovati — (reciprocal)
• Serbo-Croatian: srokovati — (reciprocal)
• Slovene: rimati se — (reciprocal)
• Spanish: rimar — (reciprocal)
• Swedish: rimma — (reciprocal)
• Ukrainian: римува́тися (rymuvátysja) — (reciprocal)