# rima
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹaɪ.mə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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.

#### Translations
### See also

* 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)
* rhyme

##### Derived terms

* rimar

### Etymology 2

Uncertain. Related to arrimar.

#### Noun

rima f (plural rimes)
* stack, heap
    Synonym: pila

##### Derived terms

* rimer

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

rima
* inflection of rimar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### 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: /ˈrimɑ/, [ˈrimɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -imɑ
* Hyphenation: ri‧ma

### Noun

rima
* lath (thin grade of lumber)
* (sports) bar (the beam to be cleared in the high jump and pole vault)
* (figurative) bar (from sports use)
    laskea rimaa ― to lower the bar
    rimaa hipoen ― barely, only just

#### Declension

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

### Further reading

* “rima”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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: /ʁi.ma/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

rima
* third-person singular past historic of rimer

### Anagrams

* mari, mira, rami

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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)
* 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
* ↑ Martins, Higino. Uma rima de palavras aparentadas.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrimɒ]
* Hyphenation: ri‧ma
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Noun

rima (plural rimák)
* (literary, offensive) harlot
    See synonyms at kurva.

#### Declension
### 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: /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)
* rhyme
* (in the plural) verses
* (anatomy) rima

##### Related terms

* rimare

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rima
* inflection of rimare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Mira, armi, mari, mira, rami

## Jamamadí
### Adverb

rima
* (Banawá) often

### References

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

## Kanakanabu
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

### Numeral

rima
* 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: /ˈriː.ma/, [ˈriːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈri.ma/, [ˈriːmä]

### Noun

rīma f (genitive rīmae); first declension
* a cleft, crack, fissure, chink
* (vulgar) the vulva, female genitalia

#### Inflection

First-declension noun.

#### 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, London: Macmillan and Co. 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

* mari

## Maori
### 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
* five

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* rimene

### Noun

rima n pl
* definite plural of rim

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

rima n
* 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: /ˈri.mɑ/

### Noun

rima m (nominative plural riman)
* edge; rim; border
* bank (of a river, stream, etc.)
* coast

#### Declension

Weak:

#### 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)
* rhyme; verse (poetry)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/ [ˈhĩ.mɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/ [ˈhĩ.mɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/ [ˈχĩ.mɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.ma/ [ˈhi.ma]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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)
* rhyme

#### References

* ↑ “rima”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

rima
* inflection of rimar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Rapa Nui
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾi.ma/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ma

### Etymology 1

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

#### Numeral

rima
* five

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

rima
* hand, arm

### References

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

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

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

### Numeral

rima
* five

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rimer.

### Verb

a rima (third-person singular present rimează, past participle rimat) 1st conjugation
* (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)

#### Conjugation
## Rwanda-Rundi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

### Verb

-rima (infinitive kurima, perfective -rimye)
* cultivate
    Synonym: -hinga

#### Derived terms

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian rima.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rǐːma/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ma

### Noun

ríma f (Cyrillic spelling ри́ма)
* rhyme
    Synonym: srok

#### Declension
## Shona
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

### Verb

-rima (infinitive kurima)
* cultivate

#### Derived terms

* murimi

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rìːma/, /ríːma/

### Noun

rīma f
* rhyme (word that rhymes with another)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrima/ [ˈri.ma]
* Rhymes: -ima
* Syllabification: ri‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Old Occitan rima (“verse”).

#### Noun

rima f (plural rimas)
* rhyme
* consonance
    rima imperfecta ― assonance
    media rima ― assonance
* (in the plural) poems, poetry
* heap, pile

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rima
* inflection of rimar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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
* (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

## Thao
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

### Numeral

rima
* five

#### Synonyms

* tarima

### Noun

rima
* (anatomy) hand

## Vilamovian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rīma m (plural rima)
* belt (band worn around the waist)
* strap