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Rima


Ri′ma

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Noun.
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pl.
Rimae
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[L.]
(Anat.)
A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.

Definition 2024


Rima

Rima

See also: rima, riima, RIMA, rimá, rimà, and rīma

Japanese

Romanization

Rima

  1. rōmaji reading of リマ

rima

rima

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

English

Noun

rima (plural rimae)

  1. (anatomy) A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
  2. (astronomy) A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille.
    • 2006, 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.

Derived terms

  • rima glottidis
  • rima vestibuli

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ri‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ima

Noun

rima f (plural rimes)

  1. rhyme

Derived terms

Verb

rima

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrimɑ/
  • Rhymes: -imɑ
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima

  1. lath
  2. (sports) bar, hurdle

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 rimoineen

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 rimoineen

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.ma/

Verb

rima

  1. third-person singular past historic of rimer

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrimɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima (plural rimák)

  1. harlot

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
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

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: rì‧ma

Noun

rima f (plural rime)

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

Related terms

Verb

rima

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

Anagrams


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

Noun

rīma f (genitive rīmae); first declension

  1. crack, fissure

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative rīma rīmae
genitive rīmae rīmārum
dative rīmae rīmīs
accusative rīmam rīmās
ablative rīmā rīmīs
vocative rīma rīmae

References

  1. Zair, The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic

Maori

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

rima

  1. (cardinal) five

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rima n pl

  1. definite plural of rim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rima n

  1. definite plural of rim

Old English

Alternative forms

  • reoma

Noun

rima m (nominative plural riman)

  1. edge, rim, border

Declension

Descendants


Old Provençal

Etymology

From Germanic.

Noun

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

  1. rhyme; verse (poetry)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

  1. rhyme

Verb

rima

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rimar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rimar

Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : rima
    Counting form : karima

Etymology

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

Numeral

rima

  1. (cardinal) five

Usage notes

When counting, use karima.

Noun

rima

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ríma f (Cyrillic spelling ри́ма)

  1. rhyme

Declension


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrìːma/, /ˈríːma/
  • Tonal orthography: ríma, rȋma

Noun

ríma f (genitive ríme, nominative plural ríme)

  1. rhyme (word that rhymes with another)

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ri‧ma

Noun

rima f (plural rimas)

  1. rhyme
  2. consonance
    rima imperfectaassonance
    media rimaassonance
  3. (plural) poems, poetry
  4. heap, pile

Verb

rima

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of rimar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rimar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of rimar.

Tahitian

Etymology

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

Noun

rima

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

Vilamovian

rima

Pronunciation

Noun

rīma m (plural rima)

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