rima

Noun

rima (plural rimae)

1. (anatomy) A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
2. (astronomy) A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille.
   • 2006, What's Up 2006: 365 Days of Skywatching , page 128:

     Look for three prominent interior craters, as well as an ancient rima falling near the shadow's edge.

Anagrams

• Amir, Irma, Mari, Mira, amir, mair, raim, rami

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma
• Rhymes: -ima

Noun

rima f (plural rimes)

1. rhyme

Verb

rima

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimɑ/
• Rhymes: -imɑ
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima

1. lath
2. (sports) bar, hurdle

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mari, Mira, Rami, mari, rami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ma/

Verb

rima

1. third-person singular past historic of rimer

Anagrams

• mari, mira, rami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrima̝/

Etymology 1

Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (“number”) or from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number, calculation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to regulate, count”).^[1]

Etymology 2

Documented since the 13th century; probably from Old Occitan or from Old French. See proposed etymologies under rhyme.

References

• “rima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “rima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “rima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrimɒ]
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima (plural rimák)

1. harlot

Etymology

From Old French rime, from a Germanic word cognate with Old English rīm (“counting”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rì‧ma

Noun

rima f (plural rime)

1. rhyme
2. (in the plural) verses
3. (anatomy) rima

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• armi, mari, mira, rami

Adverb

rima

1. (Banawá) often

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reyH-meh₂, from *reyH- (“to tear, cut”). Akin to Latvian riewa (“furrow, fold, cleft”) and Lithuanian rieva (“hill, chasm”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ma/

Noun

rīma f (genitive rīmae); first declension

1. crack, fissure

References

• rima in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rima in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the house walls are beginning to crack: domus rimas agit
    

Alternative forms

• lima

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. (cardinal) five

Alternative forms

• rimene

Noun

rima n pl

1. definite plural of rim

Noun

rima n

1. definite plural of rim

Alternative forms

• reoma

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rimô, ultimate origin uncertain. Cognate with Middle Low German remme, Old West Norse rimi (Norwegian rime).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimɑ/

Noun

rima m (nominative plural riman)

1. edge; rim; border
2. bank (of a river, stream, etc.)
3. coast

Etymology

From Germanic.

Noun

rima f (oblique plural rimas, nominative singular rima, nominative plural rimas)

1. rhyme; verse (poetry)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme

Verb

rima

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rimar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rimar

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. (cardinal) five

Noun

rima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. (cardinal) five

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǐːma/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

ríma f (Cyrillic spelling ри́ма)

1. rhyme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrìːma/, /ˈríːma/
• Tonal orthography: ríma, rȋma

Noun

ríma f (genitive ríme, nominative plural ríme)

1. rhyme (word that rhymes with another)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme
2. consonance

   rima imperfecta ― assonance

   media rima ― assonance

3. (plural) poems, poetry
4. heap, pile

Verb

rima

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rimar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rimar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rimar.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

rima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

rīma m (plural rima)

1. belt (band worn around the waist)
2. strap