rimaye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rimaye.

Noun

rimaye (plural rimayes)

(geology) a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier.

Synonyms

bergshrund

French

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal (Savoy) rimaye (“split, glacier crevasse”), from Latin rimari (“crack, split, open, search”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁi.maj/, /ʁi.mɛ/

Noun

rimaye m (plural rimayes)

(geology) a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier.

Further reading

“rimaye” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hausa

Noun

rīmā̀yē

plural of rimi

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