cime

See also: címe, cimé, and čime

Contents

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim/

• cime

  (file)

• Rhymes: -im

Noun

cime f (plural cimes)

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

Further reading

• “cime” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Irish

Alternative forms

• cimidh, cimeach, cimioch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪmʲə/

Noun

cime m (genitive singular cime, nominative plural cimí)

1. captive, prisoner

Declension

Declension of cime

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cime cimí Vocative a chime a chimí Genitive cime cimí Dative cime cimí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cime na cimí Genitive an chime na gcimí Dative leis an gcime don chime leis na cimí

Synonyms

• príosúnach

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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

• "cime" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “cimmid”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299

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Italian

Noun

cime f pl

1. plural of cima

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Spanish

Verb

cime

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cimar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cimar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cimar.