rima
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.mə/
- Rhymes: -aɪmə
Noun
rima (plural rimae)
- (anatomy) A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
- Hyponyms: rima glottidis, rima vestibuli
- (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.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ri‧ma
- Rhymes: -ima
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan rima, from rim (“verse”), from Latin rhythmus.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Related to arrimar.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rima
Further reading
- “rima” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse rim (“slat”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrimɑ/, [ˈrimɑ]
- Rhymes: -imɑ
- Syllabification(key): ri‧ma
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 rimainrare | ||
| 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 | ||
| instructive | — | rimoin | ||
| abessive | rimatta | rimoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.ma/
Audio (file)
Galician

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”).[1]
Derived terms
- rimeiro
Etymology 2
Documented since the 13th century; probably from Old Occitan or from Old French. See proposed etymologies under rhyme.
References
- “rima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “rima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Martins, Higino. Uma rima de palavras aparentadas.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrimɒ]
- Hyphenation: ri‧ma
- Rhymes: -mɒ
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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: 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”).
Related terms
Verb
rima
- inflection of rimare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Jamamadí
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Kanakanabu
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : rima | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *reyH-meh₂, from *reyH- (“to tear, cut”). Akin to Latvian riewa (“furrow, fold, cleft”) and Lithuanian rieva (“hill, chasm”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈriː.ma/, [ˈriːmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈri.ma/, [ˈriːmä]
Noun
rīma f (genitive rīmae); first declension
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rīma | rīmae |
| Genitive | rīmae | rīmārum |
| Dative | rīmae | rīmīs |
| Accusative | rīmam | rīmās |
| Ablative | rīmā | rīmīs |
| Vocative | rīma | rīmae |
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the house walls are beginning to crack: domus rimas agit
- the house walls are beginning to crack: domus rimas agit
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Anagrams
Maori
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : rima | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *rima (compare with Hawaiian lima), from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima (compare with Malay lima), from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Alternative forms
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/
Declension
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rithmus, rhythmus.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French rime, from Old French rime, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīmą.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ri‧ma
Verb
rima
- inflection of rimar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Rapa Nui
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾi.ma/
- Hyphenation: ri‧ma
Etymology 1
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : rima Compound form : pae | ||
From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Maori rima.
Rarotongan
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : rima | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Romanian
Verb
a rima (third-person singular present rimează, past participle rimat) 1st conj.
- (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)
Conjugation
| 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.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǐːma/
- Hyphenation: ri‧ma
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rìːma/, /ríːma/
Inflection
| 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, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Occitan rima (“verse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrima/ [ˈri.ma]
- Rhymes: -ima
- Syllabification: ri‧ma
Noun
rima f (plural rimas)
- rhyme
- consonance
- rima imperfecta ― assonance
- media rima ― assonance
- (in the plural) poems, poetry
- heap, pile
Verb
rima
- inflection of rimar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “rima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Thao
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : rima | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Synonyms
Vilamovian

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