Serbo-Croatian

Rim

Proper noun

Rȋm m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Ри̑м)

1. Rome

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Rimъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrìːm/
• Tonal orthography: rím

Proper noun

Rím m inan ‎(genitive Ríma)

1. Rome

Declension

Related terms

• Rimljàn / Rimljánka
• rímski

English

Noun

rim ‎(plural rims)

1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
2. (automotive, cycling) wheelrim

Translations

See also

• (wheel rim): mag wheel, alloy wheel

Verb

rim ‎(third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed) (transitive)

1. To form a rim on.
2. To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit

   Palm trees rim the beach.

   A walking path rims the island.

3. (of a ball) To roll around a rim.

   The golf ball rimmed the cup.

   The basketball rimmed in and out.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma ‎(“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-Germanic *reumô ‎(“belt, thong”), from Proto-Indo-European *rew- ‎(“to tear, dig, gather”). Cognate with Dutch riem ‎(“a thong”), German Riemen ‎(“a thong, band”), Swedish rem ‎(“a thong, strap”).

Noun

rim ‎(plural rims)

1. (Britain dialectal) A membrane.
2. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
   • 1599, Shakespeare, “Act IV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand”, in King Henry V:

     Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.

Etymology 3

From a variation of ream.

Verb

rim ‎(third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

1. (slang) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
   • 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216

     When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her **** as he fingered her ****.

Translations

Anagrams

• IRM, mir, Mir, MIR, MRI

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrím.

Noun

rim c (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)

1. hoarfrost, rime

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime ‎(“rhyme”).

Noun

rim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

1. rhyme

Inflection

External links

• rim on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 3

See rime.

Verb

rim

1. imperative of rime

Lojban

Rafsi

rim

1. rafsi of rimni.

Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rim/

Noun

rim

1. smell
2. odour

Adverb

rim

1. hard

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime

Noun

rim n ‎(definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima or rimene)

1. a rhyme

Derived terms

• barnerim

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrím

Noun

rim m ‎(definite singular rimen, uncountable)
rim n ‎(definite singular rimet, uncountable)

1. rime (frost)

Derived terms

• rimfrost

References

• “rim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime (sense 1), and Old Norse hrím (sense 2}

Noun

rim n ‎(definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima)

1. a rhyme
2. (uncountable) rime (frost)

Derived terms

• barnerim (sense 1)
• rimfrost (sense 2)

References

• “rim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *rīmą ‎(“number, count, series”), from Proto-Indo-European *re(i)- ‎(“to reason, count”). Akin to Old Frisian rīm, Old Saxon -rīm, Old High German rīm, Icelandic rím

Pronunciation

Noun

rīm n

1. a number, counting, reckoning, numeral; calendar

   Rim miclade monna mægþe geond middan-geard — Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase

2. sum; enumeration

Declension

Derived terms

• gerīm n. — A number, computation, measurement, calendar, diary
• rīman — to count, number; tell, enumerate, relate; account, esteem as
• rīmāþ m. — oath by a number of persons
• rīmbōc — calendar
• rīmcræft m. — arithmetic; calendar
• rīmcræftig — skilled in reckoning
• rīmcræftiga m. — one skilful at figures
• rīmgetæl, rīmgetel n. — number
• rīmre m. — reckoner, calculator
• rīmtæl n. — number
• rīmtalu f. number

Descendants

• English rime, rhyme

Portuguese

rins

Etymology

Via Old Portuguese, from Latin rēn.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ/
• Hyphenation: rim

Noun

rim m (plural rins)

1. kidney
2. (in the plural) small of the back

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rím, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą.

Noun

rim n

1. rhyme

Declension

See also

• rimma

Volapük

Noun

rim ‎(plural rims)

1. rhyme

Declension

See also

• rimod