cima

Noun

cima sg

1. Obsolete spelling of cyma [18th century]

Anagrams

• -amic, ACMI, Maci, aMCI, amic, cami, iMac, mica

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ma/

Noun

cima f (plural cimes)

1. summit, peak

   Synonym: cim

Further reading

• “cima” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).

Noun

cima f (plural cime)

1. top
2. peak
3. summit
4. hawser, line, rope, cable (nautical)

Verb

cima

1. third-person singular present indicative of cimare
2. second-person singular imperative of cimare

Anagrams

• mica

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cima, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “I am pregnant, conceive”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mɐ/

Noun

cima f (plural cimas)

1. top, summit

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθima/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsima/
• Homophone: sima (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish cima, from Latin cȳma (“young sprout, hollow sphere”) (compare French cime (“peak, summit, top of a tree”), Italian cima (“top, peak, summit”), Portuguese cima (“top”), Romanian ciumă (“plague, pestilence”)), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “I am pregnant, conceive”).

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Further reading

• “cima” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Verb

-cima^?

1. extinguish