Standard Lemma guide

wheelrim

noun · 1 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The rim of a wheel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: split rim

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Old English rima Middle English rim English rim English wheelrim From wheel + rim.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَنْط (janṭ) — the rim of a wheel
  • Basque: uztai — the rim of a wheel
  • Basque: hagun — the rim of a wheel
  • Bulgarian: наплат (naplat) — the rim of a wheel
  • Bulgarian: джанта (džanta) — the rim of a wheel
  • Catalan: llanta — the rim of a wheel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 軨 /𫐉 — the rim of a wheel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 轆軨 /辘𫐉 — the rim of a wheel
  • Dutch: velg — the rim of a wheel
  • Esperanto: radrando — the rim of a wheel
  • Finnish: vanne — the rim of a wheel
  • French: jante — the rim of a wheel
  • French: roue — the rim of a wheel
  • Galician: lamia — the rim of a wheel
  • Galician: baldón — the rim of a wheel
  • Galician: orelo — the rim of a wheel
  • German: Felge — the rim of a wheel
  • German: Reifenfelge — the rim of a wheel
  • Hebrew: גַ׳נְט (dzhánt) — the rim of a wheel
  • Hungarian: felni — the rim of a wheel
  • Hungarian: keréktárcsa — the rim of a wheel
  • Hungarian: kerékabroncs — the rim of a wheel
  • Hungarian: keréktalp — the rim of a wheel
  • Icelandic: felga — the rim of a wheel
  • Icelandic: gjörð — the rim of a wheel
  • Irish: fonsa — the rim of a wheel
  • Italian: cerchione — the rim of a wheel
  • Italian: cerchio — the rim of a wheel
  • Latin: canthus — the rim of a wheel
  • Latin: vītus — the rim of a wheel
  • Lithuanian: ratlankis — the rim of a wheel
  • Macedonian: ба́ндаж (bándaž) — the rim of a wheel
  • Norman: gante — the rim of a wheel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: felg — the rim of a wheel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: felg — the rim of a wheel
  • Polish: felga — the rim of a wheel
  • Portuguese: aro — the rim of a wheel
  • Portuguese: jante — the rim of a wheel
  • Romanian: jantă — the rim of a wheel
  • Romanian: obadă — the rim of a wheel
  • Russian: о́бод (óbod) — the rim of a wheel
  • Spanish: aro — the rim of a wheel
  • Spanish: llanta — the rim of a wheel
  • Spanish: rin — the rim of a wheel
  • Spanish: calce — the rim of a wheel
  • Spanish: banda — the rim of a wheel
  • Swedish: fälg — the rim of a wheel
  • Tagalog: yantas — the rim of a wheel
  • Tocharian B: yerter — the rim of a wheel
  • Turkish: jant — the rim of a wheel
  • Turkish: ispit — the rim of a wheel
  • Vietnamese: vành — the rim of a wheel