rheme

See also: rhème

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “word, phrase, verb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːm/
• Homophone: ream
• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

rheme (plural rhemes)

1. (linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

   Synonym: comment

2. (Peircean semiotics) A sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark; sumisign.

Derived terms

• rhematic
• rhetic

Translations

part of a sentence

• Czech: réma n
• Esperanto: remao
• Finnish: reema (fi)
• French: rhème (fr) m

• German: Rhema (de) n
• Hungarian: réma
• Portuguese: rema m
• Spanish: rema (es) m
• Swedish: rema n

See also

• comment
• predicate
• subject
• topic

Anagrams

• herem, rehem