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rim

See also: Rim, rím, Rím, and Řím

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Rimi.

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rim

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nyaturu.

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʷɪm/, [ˈɹʷɪm]
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪm
  • Hyphenation: rim

Etymology 1

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Old English rima
Middle English rim
English rim

    From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly 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”).

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    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.
      • 1953 September 26, Editor & Publisher 1953-09-26: Vol 86 Iss 40‎[2]:
        COPY READER — Journeyman, experienced makeup, now slot man on metropolitan midwest daily. Will travel for good rim job on large paper.
      • 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.
    4. (wine) The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
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    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.
      Near-synonym: lip out
      The golf ball rimmed the cup.
      The basketball rimmed in ... and out.
    4. (bartending) To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
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    Etymology 2

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    From a variation of ream.

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    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.
      • 1987 December, John W. Dagion, Sex Stop‎[3]:
        I had learned to lick their sweaty balls and would know what they wanted if they pulled their pants down and pushed my face in their ass for a rimming out.
      • 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

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

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    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.

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    Unknown.

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    rim (plural rims)

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

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    From Latin rhythmus. Doublet of ritme.

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    rim m (plural rims)

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

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    Etymology 1

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

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

    1. hoarfrost, rime
      Synonym: rimfrost
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    Declension of rim
    common
    gender     		singular
    indefinite definite
    nominative rim rimen
    genitive rims rimens

    Etymology 2

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

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    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

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    See rime.

    Verb

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    rim

    1. imperative of rime

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    Galician

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    rim

    1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
      1. third-person plural present indicative
      2. first-person singular preterite indicative

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    Etymology 1

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

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    rim (plural rim-rim)

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

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

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    rim (plural rim-rim)

    1. (colloquial) leather belt

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    Mizo

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    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *rim (“smell”).

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    rim

    1. smell, scent
    2. odour

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    rim

    1. hard

    Northern Kurdish

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    Etymology

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

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    r̄im ?

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

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

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

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology 1

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

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

    1. a rhyme
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    From Old Norse hrím.

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    rim m (definite singular rimen, uncountable)

    1. rime (frost)
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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse rím, from Old French rime.

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

    1. a rhyme
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    From Old Norse hrím. Akin to English rime.

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    rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

    1. rime (frost)
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    Old English

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *rīm, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number, count, series”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to reason, count”). Akin to Old Frisian rīm, Old Saxon -rīm, Old High German rīm, Icelandic rím.

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    rīm n

    1. number

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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative rīm rīm
    accusative rīm rīm
    genitive rīmes rīma
    dative rīme rīmum

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    Portuguese

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    rim (sense 3)

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    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”).

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    rim m (plural rins)

    1. kidney
    2. (in the plural) small of the back
    4. (Portugal) A type of pastry shaped like a kidney.
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    Swedish

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    Etymology

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

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    rim n

    1. a rhyme (two words that rhyme)
    2. a rhyme (rhyming verse)
    3. rhyme (rhyming)

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    Declension of rim
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite rim rims
    definite rimmet rimmets
    plural indefinite rim rims
    definite rimmen rimmens

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    Vietnamese

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    rim • (熑, 沾)

    1. to cook food with a small amount of water over a period of time in order for salt or sugar to penetrate the food
      Cam sành chê đắng chê hôi,
      Hồng rim chê lạt, thuốc chồi khen ngon.
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    Volapük

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    Noun

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    rim (genitive rima, plural rims)

    1. rhyme

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    Declension of rim
    Singular Plural
    Nominative rim rims
    Genitive rima rimas
    Dative rime rimes
    Accusative rimi rimis
    Predicative1 rimu rimus
    Vocative o rim o rims
    1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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    Zhuang

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    Etymology

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    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.

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    rim (1957–1982 spelling rim)

    1. full
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