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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Declension of cime (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cime cimí
vocative a chime a chimí
genitive cime cimí
dative cime cimí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cime na cimí
genitive an chime na gcimí
dative leis an gcime
don chime
leis na cimí

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cime
radical lenition eclipsis
cime chime gcime

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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