resem
See also: résem
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Verb edit
resem
- inflection of resar:
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Possibilities include:
- from the o-grade ablaut of rijgen (“to baste, impale”) (visible in the past tense reeg) + a suffix, possibly the same as in desem;
- from Middle Dutch rese (whence rist (“ordened package”));
- from Middle Dutch reeseem, which is from Spanish resma, from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).
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Noun edit
resem m (plural resems, diminutive resempje n)
- (Belgium, figuratively) long list of similar things
- 2023-10-01, “Week van het Nederlands: dierentaalkunde, zingend leren en digitale stadsspelletjes”, in Bruzz[1]:
- In deze negende editie wordt vooral gefocust op de thema’s “gevoel en emotie” en daar horen zoals ieder jaar tal van activiteiten bij waarvan ook een hele resem in Brussel.
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- (dated) collection of similar objects that are attached to each other with flexible material