See also: címe, cimé, and čime

French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French cime, from Latin cȳma, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma). Doublet of cyme.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sim/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -im

Noun

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cime f (plural cimes)

  1. peak, summit (of mountain)
  2. top (of tree)

Etymology 2

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Clipping of cimetière.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cime m (plural cimes)

  1. (France, informal) Short for cimetière.

Further reading

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cimme, cimmid, from Old Irish cimbid (captive, prisoner).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cime m (genitive singular cime, nominative plural cimí)

  1. captive, prisoner

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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  • cimigh (commit (to prison); make captive, transitive verb)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cime chime gcime
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Italian

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Noun

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cime f pl

  1. plural of cima

Spanish

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Verb

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cime

  1. inflection of cimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative