rima

See also: riima, RIMA, Rima, rimá, rimà, rīma, and rimă

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin rīma (“a cleft, crack, fissure, chink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.mə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪmə

Noun

rima (plural rimae)

1. (anatomy) A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.

   Hyponyms: rima glottidis, rima vestibuli

2. (astronomy) A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille.
   • 2006, Tammy Plotner, Jeff Barbour, What's Up 2006: 365 Days of Skywatching, page 128:

     Look for three prominent interior craters, as well as an ancient rima falling near the shadow's edge.

Translations

anatomic cleft or gap

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裂 (zh) (liè)

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "rima" (derived from Italian)

• ottava rima
• terza rima

Anagrams

• raim, rami, AMIR, Mari, Amir, Mira, amir, Irma, mair, Rami, RAIM, Mair

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma
• Rhymes: -ima

Etymology 1

“Feminization” of rim m, from Latin rhythmus.

Noun

rima f (plural rimes)

1. rhyme

Meronyms

• (non-onset portion of a syllable): coda, nucli

Holonyms

• (non-onset portion of a syllable): síl·laba

Derived terms

• rimar

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Related to arrimar.

Noun

rima f (plural rimes)

1. stack, heap

   Synonym: pila

Derived terms

• rimer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rima”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse rim (“slat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimɑ/, [ˈrimɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -imɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): ri‧ma

Noun

rima

1. lath (thin grade of lumber)
2. (sports) bar (the beam to be cleared in the high jump and pole vault)
3. (figurative) bar (from sports use)

   laskea rimaa ― to lower the bar

   rimaa hipoen ― barely, only just

Declension

Inflection of rima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		rima	rimat
genitive		riman	rimojen
partitive		rimaa	rimoja
illative		rimaan	rimoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rima	rimat
accusative	nom.	rima	rimat
	gen.	riman
genitive		riman	rimojen rimain rare
partitive		rimaa	rimoja
inessive		rimassa	rimoissa
elative		rimasta	rimoista
illative		rimaan	rimoihin
adessive		rimalla	rimoilla
ablative		rimalta	rimoilta
allative		rimalle	rimoille
essive		rimana	rimoina
translative		rimaksi	rimoiksi
abessive		rimatta	rimoitta
instructive		—	rimoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rimani rimani accusative nom. rimani rimani gen. rimani genitive rimani rimojeni rimaini rare partitive rimaani rimojani inessive rimassani rimoissani elative rimastani rimoistani illative rimaani rimoihini adessive rimallani rimoillani ablative rimaltani rimoiltani allative rimalleni rimoilleni essive rimanani rimoinani translative rimakseni rimoikseni abessive rimattani rimoittani instructive — — comitative — rimoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rimasi rimasi accusative nom. rimasi rimasi gen. rimasi genitive rimasi rimojesi rimaisi rare partitive rimaasi rimojasi inessive rimassasi rimoissasi elative rimastasi rimoistasi illative rimaasi rimoihisi adessive rimallasi rimoillasi ablative rimaltasi rimoiltasi allative rimallesi rimoillesi essive rimanasi rimoinasi translative rimaksesi rimoiksesi abessive rimattasi rimoittasi instructive — — comitative — rimoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rimamme rimamme accusative nom. rimamme rimamme gen. rimamme genitive rimamme rimojemme rimaimme rare partitive rimaamme rimojamme inessive rimassamme rimoissamme elative rimastamme rimoistamme illative rimaamme rimoihimme adessive rimallamme rimoillamme ablative rimaltamme rimoiltamme allative rimallemme rimoillemme essive rimanamme rimoinamme translative rimaksemme rimoiksemme abessive rimattamme rimoittamme instructive — — comitative — rimoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rimanne rimanne accusative nom. rimanne rimanne gen. rimanne genitive rimanne rimojenne rimainne rare partitive rimaanne rimojanne inessive rimassanne rimoissanne elative rimastanne rimoistanne illative rimaanne rimoihinne adessive rimallanne rimoillanne ablative rimaltanne rimoiltanne allative rimallenne rimoillenne essive rimananne rimoinanne translative rimaksenne rimoiksenne abessive rimattanne rimoittanne instructive — — comitative — rimoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rimansa rimansa accusative nom. rimansa rimansa gen. rimansa genitive rimansa rimojensa rimainsa rare partitive rimaansa rimojaan rimojansa inessive rimassaan rimassansa rimoissaan rimoissansa elative rimastaan rimastansa rimoistaan rimoistansa illative rimaansa rimoihinsa adessive rimallaan rimallansa rimoillaan rimoillansa ablative rimaltaan rimaltansa rimoiltaan rimoiltansa allative rimalleen rimallensa rimoilleen rimoillensa essive rimanaan rimanansa rimoinaan rimoinansa translative rimakseen rimaksensa rimoikseen rimoiksensa abessive rimattaan rimattansa rimoittaan rimoittansa instructive — — comitative — rimoineen rimoinensa

Derived terms

• rimoittaa

compounds

• hyppyrima
• kytkentärima
• piikkirima
• rima-aita
• rimakammo
• rimakauhu
• rimalauta
• rimalevy
• rimanalitus
• ylärima

Further reading

• “rima”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mari, Mira, Rami, armi, mari, rami

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ma/

• Audio:

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Verb

rima

1. third-person singular past historic of rimer

Anagrams

• mari, mira, rami

Galician

Rima (stack of firewood)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrima̝/

Etymology 1

Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (“number”) or from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number, calculation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to regulate, count”).

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. an ordered pile; in particular a stack of firewood

Derived terms

• rimeiro

Related terms

• agarimar
• arrimar

Etymology 2

Documented since the 13th century; probably from Old Occitan or from Old French. See proposed etymologies under rhyme.

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rima”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrimɒ]
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun

rima (plural rimák)

1. (literary, offensive) harlot

   See synonyms at kurva.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	rima	rimák
accusative	rimát	rimákat
dative	rimának	rimáknak
instrumental	rimával	rimákkal
causal-final	rimáért	rimákért
translative	rimává	rimákká
terminative	rimáig	rimákig
essive-formal	rimaként	rimákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rimában	rimákban
superessive	rimán	rimákon
adessive	rimánál	rimáknál
illative	rimába	rimákba
sublative	rimára	rimákra
allative	rimához	rimákhoz
elative	rimából	rimákból
delative	rimáról	rimákról
ablative	rimától	rimáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	rimáé	rimáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	rimáéi	rimákéi

Possessive forms of rima

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rimám	rimáim
2nd person sing.	rimád	rimáid
3rd person sing.	rimája	rimái
1st person plural	rimánk	rimáink
2nd person plural	rimátok	rimáitok
3rd person plural	rimájuk	rimáik

Further reading

• rima in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.ma/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: rì‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rime, from a Germanic word cognate with Old English rīm (“counting”).

Noun

rima f (plural rime)

1. rhyme
2. (in the plural) verses
3. (anatomy) rima

Related terms

• rimare

Etymology 2

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Mira, armi, mari, mira, rami

Jamamadí

Adverb

rima

1. (Banawá) often

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Kanakanabu

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rima

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reyH-meh₂, from *reyH- (“to tear, cut”). Akin to Latvian riêva (“furrow, fold, cleft”) and Lithuanian rievà (“hill, chasm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.mä]

Noun

rīma f (genitive rīmae); first declension

1. a cleft, crack, fissure, chink
2. (vulgar) the vulva, female genitalia

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rīma	rīmae
genitive	rīmae	rīmārum
dative	rīmae	rīmīs
accusative	rīmam	rīmās
ablative	rīmā	rīmīs
vocative	rīma	rīmae

Derived terms

• rīmor, rīmō (verb)
• rīmōsus (adjective)
• rīmula (diminutive)

Related terms

• rīmābundus
• rīmātim
• rīmātor

Descendants

• → English: rima, ⇒ rima glottidis

References

• “rima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "rima", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the house walls are beginning to crack: domus rimas agit
    

Anagrams

• mari

Maori

Maori cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rima

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima (compare with Hawaiian lima), from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima (compare with Malay lima), from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rimene

Noun

rima n pl

1. definite plural of rim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rima n

1. definite plural of rim

Old English

Alternative forms

• reoma

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rimō, from Proto-Germanic *rimô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Middle Low German remme, Old West Norse rimi (Norwegian rime), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.mɑ/

Noun

rima m (nominative plural riman)

1. edge; rim; border
2. bank (of a river, stream, etc.)
3. coast

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	rima	riman
accusative	riman	riman
genitive	riman	rimena
dative	riman	rimum

Descendants

• Middle English: rime, rym, rim
  • English: rim

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Old French rime. Doublet of rim m.

Noun

rima f (oblique plural rimas, nominative singular rima, nominative plural rimas)

1. rhyme; verse (poetry)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/ [ˈhĩ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/ [ˈhĩ.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/ [ˈχĩ.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ma/ [ˈhi.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rime, from Old French rime; or from Medieval Latin rhythmus.

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾi.ma/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Etymology 1

Rapa Nui cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rima     Compound form : pae

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Maori rima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Etymology 2

Te rima (2).

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Maori rima.

Noun

rima

1. hand, arm

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, pages 51, 79
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Rarotongan

Rarotongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rima

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rimer.

Verb

a rima (third-person singular present rimează, past participle rimat) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)

Conjugation

    conjugation of rima (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a rima
gerund			rimând
past participle			rimat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	rimez	rimezi	rimează	rimăm	rimați	rimează
	imperfect	rimam	rimai	rima	rimam	rimați	rimau
	simple perfect	rimai	rimași	rimă	rimarăm	rimarăți	rimară
	pluperfect	rimasem	rimaseși	rimase	rimaserăm	rimaserăți	rimaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să rimez	să rimezi	să rimeze	să rimăm	să rimați	să rimeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		rimează			rimați
	negative		nu rima			nu rimați

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

-rima (infinitive kurima, perfective -rimye)

1. cultivate

   Synonym: -hinga

Derived terms

• irima (“farming season”) (Rundi)
• umurima (“garden”)
• umurimo (“job”)
• umurimyi (“farmer”) (Rundi)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian rima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǐːma/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

ríma f (Cyrillic spelling ри́ма)

1. rhyme

   Synonym: srok

Declension

Declension of rima

	singular	plural
nominative	rima	rime
genitive	rime	rima
dative	rimi	rimama
accusative	rimu	rime
vocative	rimo	rime
locative	rimi	rimama
instrumental	rimom	rimama

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

-rima (infinitive kurima)

1. cultivate

Derived terms

• murimi

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rìːma/, /ríːma/

Noun

rīma f

1. rhyme (word that rhymes with another)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ríma
gen. sing.	ríme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ríma	rími	ríme
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ríme	rím	rím
dative (dajȃlnik)	rími	rímama	rímam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rímo	rími	ríme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rími	rímah	rímah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rímo	rímama	rímami

Further reading

• “rima”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrima/ [ˈri.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: ri‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan rima (“verse”).

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

1. rhyme
2. consonance

   rima imperfecta ― assonance

   media rima ― assonance

3. (in the plural) poems, poetry
4. heap, pile

Derived terms

• rima asonante
• rima consonante

Etymology 2

Verb

rima

1. inflection of rimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

rima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Thao

Thao cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rima

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

rima

1. five

Synonyms

• tarima

Noun

rima

1. (anatomy) hand

Vilamovian

rima

Etymology

From Middle High German rieme, from Old High German riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

rīma m (plural rima)

1. belt (band worn around the waist)
2. strap