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rim

See also: Rim, rím, Rím, and Řím

English edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Noun edit

rim (plural rims)

  1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
  2. (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
    • 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
      About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
  3. (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
    • 2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing, page 130:
      A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]
    • 2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7:
      On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.
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Verb edit

rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

  1. (transitive) To form a rim on.
  2. (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
    Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  3. (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
    The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.
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Etymology 2 edit

From a variation of ream.

Verb edit

rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

  1. (vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
    • 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216:
      When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.
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Etymology 3 edit

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Noun edit

rim (plural rims)

  1. (UK dialectal) A membrane.
  2. (UK dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
    • 1599, Shakespeare, King Henry V, act iV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand:
      Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.

Etymology 4 edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

rim (plural rims)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung.

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin rhythmus. Doublet of ritme.

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Noun edit

rim m (plural rims)

  1. verse
    Synonym: vers
  2. rhyme
    Synonym: rima

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Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse hrím, from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą.

Noun edit

rim c (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)

  1. hoarfrost, rime

Etymology 2 edit

From late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime (“rhyme”).

Noun edit

rim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

  1. rhyme
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Declension of rim
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rim rimet rim rimene
genitive rims rimets rims rimenes
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Etymology 3 edit

See rime.

Verb edit

rim

  1. imperative of rime

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪm]
  • Hyphenation: rim

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”), from Arabic رِزْمَة‎ (rizma, “bundle”).

Noun edit

rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)

  1. ream, a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old Dutch *riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Noun edit

rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)

  1. (colloquial) leather belt.

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Mizo edit

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Noun edit

rim

  1. smell
  2. odour

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rim

  1. hard

Northern Kurdish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رُمْح‎ (rumḥ).[1] For rimb, compare the probably related Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb).

Noun edit

r̄im ?

  1. spear, lance, javelin
  2. unit of measure the length of a spear

Descendants edit

  • → Armenian: ռըմ (ṙəm) (Van, Moks, Shatakh)

References edit

  1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “rim”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 518a

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime.

Noun edit

rim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima or rimene)

  1. a rhyme
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hrím.

Noun edit

rim m (definite singular rimen, uncountable)
rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

  1. rime (frost)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse rím, from Old French rime.

Noun edit

rim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima)

  1. a rhyme
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hrím. Akin to English rime.

Noun edit

rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

  1. rime (frost)
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Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number, count, series”), from Proto-Indo-European *re(i)- (“to reason, count”). Akin to Old Frisian rīm, Old Saxon -rīm, Old High German rīm, Icelandic rím.

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Noun edit

rīm n

  1. number

Declension edit

Declension of rim (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative rīm rīm
accusative rīm rīm
genitive rīmes rīma
dative rīme rīmum

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Portuguese edit

 
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rins

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rin, from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: rim

Noun edit

rim m (plural rins)

  1. kidney
  2. (in the plural) small of the back

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse rím, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą.

Noun edit

rim n

  1. rhyme

Declension edit

Declension of rim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rim rimmet rim rimmen
Genitive rims rimmets rims rimmens

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Volapük edit

Noun edit

rim (nominative plural rims)

  1. rhyme

Declension edit

declension of rim
singular plural
nominative rim rims
genitive rima rimas
dative rime rimes
accusative rimi rimis
vocative 1 o rim! o rims!
predicative 2 rimu rimus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Zhuang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *k.temᴬ (“full”). Cognate with Thai เต็ม (dtem), Lao ເຕັມ (tem), Northern Thai ᨲᩮ᩠ᨾ, Lü ᦎᦲᧄ (ṫiim), Shan တဵမ် (tǎem), Nong Zhuang daem.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rim (1957–1982 spelling rim)

  1. full
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