Remi
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
Remi pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Remi
- Alternative form of Rem (“Egyptian fish god”)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A sixth-century French saint, Latin Remigius, from remex (“oarsman”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Remi m
- a male given name
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Gaulish/Celtic name meaning "chieftains, first ones," from Proto-Celtic *ɸare. The modern city name Reims has been conflated with remus (“oar”), in the sense "helmsman" (modern Welsh rhwyf).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.miː/, [ˈreːmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.mi/, [ˈrɛːmi]
Proper noun edit
Rēmī m pl (genitive Rēmōrum); second declension
- (ancient history) A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Durocortorum
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Rēmī |
Genitive | Rēmōrum |
Dative | Rēmīs |
Accusative | Rēmōs |
Ablative | Rēmīs |
Vocative | Rēmī |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.miː/, [ˈrɛmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.mi/, [ˈrɛːmi]
Proper noun edit
Remī m
References edit
- “Remi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Remi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Remi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ABC-CLIO (2006): Celtic Culture: A-Celti
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Remi
- a male given name borrowed from French