rime

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: rīm
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/
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• homophone: rhyme
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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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The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīm (“rime; hoar frost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą (North Germanic), *hrīmaz, *hrīmô (“rime; hoar frost”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to graze, touch; to streak”). The verb is derived from the noun. (The Old English equivalent, which did not survive into modern English, was behrīman.) Cognates * Middle Dutch riim, rijm, rīm (modern Dutch rijm (“hoar frost”)) * Old Danish *rim (only in rimfrost (“rime frost”); modern Danish rim (“hoar frost”)) * Old French rime, rimee (Middle French rime, rimee (“hoar frost”), Anglo-Norman rime, rimee (“hoar frost”)) * Old High German rīm (Middle High German rīm, Bavarian Reim (“dew; fog; light frost”) (dialectal)) * Old Norse hrím (Icelandic hrím, Norwegian rim (“hoar frost”)) * Old Saxon hrīm * Old Swedish *riim, *rim (only in rimfrost (“rime frost”); modern Swedish rim) * West Frisian rime, rym

A variant of rhyme (noun and verb), from Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical sound in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; measure, meter, rhythm; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”, noun), and 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”, verb): see further at rhyme.

The noun is derived from Late Middle English rim (“cleft, crack, fissure”), from Latin rīma (“chink, cleft, crack, fissure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reyH- (“to cut; to tear”). Doublet of rima. The verb is derived from Latin rīmārī, the present active infinitive of rīmor (“to explore; to probe; to search”), from rīma (see above) + -or.

From Middle English rimen, rime (“to count, enumerate”) [and other forms], from Old English rīman, rȳman (“to count, number, reckon; to calculate, compute, count up; to enumerate, recount; to account, esteem as”) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *rīmijaną, *rīmaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(a)rēy- (“to add; to count; to customize; to order, regulate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h2rey- (“to arrange; to count”), ultimately from *h2er- (“to fit, put together; to fix; to slot”), and thus a doublet of rhyme.

From Middle English rimen, rime (“to clear (a way); to make room for (something); to open up (something); to prepare (something)”) [and other forms], from Old English rīman, rȳman (“to make roomy, enlarge, extend, spread, widen; to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way, clear, open up; to amplify; to prolong”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *rūmijan (“to clear out, make room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną (“to clear out, make room”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewh1- (“to open; wide”). Doublet of room.

From Irish ruaim, from Old Irish rúam (“alder tree; alder bark; dye for wool made from alder bark; dun or red colour”) (probably whence Irish ruaimnigh, Old Irish rúamnaigid (“to dye red”)); further etymology unknown.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ryp — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Albanian: brymë — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Arabic: بَرَد (barad) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Arabic: تلج (talg) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Arabic: بَرَد (barad) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Armenian: եղյամ (eġyam) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Aromanian: brumã — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Azerbaijani: qırov — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Bulgarian: скреж (skrež) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Bulgarian: слана (slana) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Chinese Mandarin: 霜 (shuāng) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Czech: námraza — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Dutch: rijm — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Dutch: rijp — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Dutch: vriesdauw — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Faroese: rím — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Finnish: huurre — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• French: givre — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Georgian: თრთვილი (trtvili) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Georgian: ჭირხლი (č̣irxli) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• German: Raureif — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Greek: πάχνη (páchni) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Hindi: तुषार (tuṣār) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Hungarian: zúzmara — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Indonesian: rime — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Ingrian: härme — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Ingrian: huurre — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Italian: brina — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Japanese: 霜 (shimo) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Latin: pruina — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Latvian: sarma — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Lithuanian: šarmà — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Lithuanian: šerkšnas — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Macedonian: иње (inje) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Macedonian: слана (slana) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Norwegian Bokmål: rim — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rim — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Old Church Slavonic: иньи -ꙗ (inĭi -ja) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Plautdietsch: Riep — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Polish: szadź — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Portuguese: escarcha — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Portuguese: geada — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Romanian: brumă — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Romanian: chiciură — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Romanian: promoroacă — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Russian: и́ней (ínej) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Russian: и́зморозь (ízmorozʹ) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Scottish Gaelic: liath-reòthadh — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Spanish: escarcha — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Swedish: rimfrost — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Ottoman Turkish: قراغو (kırağı, kırağu) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Ukrainian: і́ній (ínij) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Ukrainian: на́морозь (námorozʹ) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Ukrainian: па́морозь (pámorozʹ) — any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces — see also hoar frost
• Finnish: valkohapsi — white hair as an indication of old age
• Bulgarian: мраз (mraz) — ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface; coating or sheet of ice so formed
• Finnish: huurre — ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface; coating or sheet of ice so formed
• Macedonian: мраз (mraz) — ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface; coating or sheet of ice so formed
• Spanish: escarcha — ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface; coating or sheet of ice so formed
• Bulgarian: рима (rima) — the second part of a syllable
• Portuguese: rima — the second part of a syllable
• Bulgarian: заскрежавам (zaskrežavam) — to cover (something) with rime or hoar frost
• Bulgarian: заскрежа (zaskreža) — to cover (something) with rime or hoar frost
• Finnish: huurruttaa — to cover (something) with rime or hoar frost
• Bulgarian: заскрежавам се (zaskrežavam se) — of a thing: to become covered with rime or hoar frost
• Bulgarian: заскрежа се (zaskreža se) — of a thing: to become covered with rime or hoar frost
• Finnish: huurtua — of a thing: to become covered with rime or hoar frost
• Finnish: värjätä leppärisuilla — to dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs