cime

See also: címe, cimé, and čime

French

Etymology

From Old French cime, from Latin cȳma, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma). Doublet of cyme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sim/
  • cime(file)

Noun

cime f (plural cimes)

  1. peak, summit (of mountain)
  2. top (of tree)

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cimeach

Etymology

From Old Irish cimmid, cimbid m (“captive, prisoner, condemned person, victim”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɪmʲə/

Noun

cime m (genitive singular cime, nominative plural cimí)

  1. captive, prisoner

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cimigh (“commit (to prison); make captive”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cime chime gcime
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "cime" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “cimmid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Italian

Noun

cime f pl

  1. plural of cima

Spanish

Verb

cime

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cimar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cimar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of cimar.
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