Japanese

Romanization

Rima

1. rōmaji reading of リマ

English

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.

Derived terms

• rima glottidis
• rima vestibuli

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma
• Rhymes: -ima

Noun

rima f ‎(plural rimes)

1. rhyme

Derived terms

• rimar

Verb

rima

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rima

1. lath
2. (sports) bar, hurdle

Declension

Declension

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mari, mari, Mira, Rami

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ma/

Verb

rima

1. third-person singular past historic of rimer

Anagrams

• mari, mira, rami

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rima ‎(plural rimák)

1. harlot

Declension

Italian

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

Related terms

• rimare

Verb

rima

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

Anagrams

• armi, mari, mira, rami

Latin

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

Inflection

First declension.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rima”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the house walls are beginning to crack: domus rimas agit
    

1. ↑ Zair, The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic

Maori

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rimene

Noun

rima n pl

1. definite plural of rim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rima n

1. definite plural of rim

Old English

Alternative forms

• reoma

Noun

rima m ‎(nominative plural riman)

1. edge, rim, border

Declension

Descendants

• English: rim

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Germanic.

Noun

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

1. rhyme; verse (poetry)

Portuguese

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

Rapa Nui

Etymology

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

Numeral

rima

1. (cardinal) five

Usage notes

When counting, use karima.

Noun

rima

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ríma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ри́ма)

1. rhyme

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ríma f ‎(genitive ríme, nominative plural ríme)

1. rhyme (word that rhymes with another)

Declension

Spanish

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.

Tahitian

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)

Vilamovian

rima

Pronunciation

Noun

rīma m (plural rima)

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