# rem
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛm

### Etymology 1

Initialism.

#### Noun

rem (plural rems)
* (often capitalized) Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

### Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

#### Noun

rem (plural rems)
* A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.

##### Usage notes

* Continued use of the rem is "strongly discouraged" by the style guide of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

##### Derived terms

* millirem

##### See also

* sievert

### Etymology 3

Shortening of remark.

#### Noun

rem (plural rems)
* (computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

##### Derived terms

* rem out

### Etymology 4

Shortening of remaining.

#### Adjective

rem (not comparable)
* (knitting) Remaining.
** 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

### Etymology 5

Blend of root +‎ em.

#### Noun

rem (plural rems)
* (web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.
** 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.

### Anagrams

* -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, π-mer

### See also

* ad rem
* in rem

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* rëm — Tosk, ram — archaic, dialectal

### Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *aeramem m, whence also Italian rame, from Latin aeramen n. The variant ram reflects the variant Vulgar Latin *aeramum m, whence also Sicilian ramu, Venetan ramo, while Tosk rëm can reflect either forms.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾɛm/

### Noun

rem m (definite remi)
* copper
    Synonym: bakër

#### Derived terms

* remtar
* remtë

### References

* Meyer, G. (1891) “2) ram”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 361
* Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 74–75
* Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rem”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367–368

### Further reading

* “rem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēmus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈrɛm]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈrəm]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈrem]

### Noun

rem m (plural rems)
* oar
* (uncountable, sports) rowing

#### Related terms

* remar

### Further reading

* “rem” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse reim.

### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈʁamˀ], [ˈʁɑmˀ]
* Homophone: ram

### Noun

rem c (singular definite remmen, plural indefinite remme)
* strap, thong
* belt
* strop

#### Related terms

* strygerem

### Noun

rem c
* rem (A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛm/
* Rhymes: -ɛm
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: rem

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from remmen.

#### Noun

rem f (plural remmen, diminutive remmetje n)
* brake

##### Derived terms

* handrem
* noodrem
* rempedaal
* remzand
* schijfrem
* schuldenrem
* terugtraprem
* trommelrem
* velgrem
* voetrem

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: rem
* → Caribbean Hindustani: rem
* → Caribbean Javanese: rèm
* → Indonesian: rem
* → West Frisian: rem

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

rem
* inflection of remmen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin rēmus.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

rem m (plural rems)
* oar

#### Related terms

* remâ

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch rem (“brake”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛm/
* Hyphenation: rèm

### Noun

rèm (plural rem-rem)
* brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
    Synonym: brek (Standard Malay)
* (figurative) hindrance, obstacle
    Synonyms: penghambat, penghalang, pengekang

#### Derived terms

* mengerem
* pengereman

#### Compounds

* rem angin
* rem bantu
* rem belakang
* rem blong
* rem cakram
* rem darurat
* rem depan
* rem hidraulik
* rem kaki
* rem mekanik
* rem tangan
* rem torpedo
* rem tromol
* rem udara

### Further reading

* “rem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈrem/, [ˈrɛ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈrem/, [ˈrɛm]

### Noun

rem f
* accusative singular of rēs

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hrēam, from Proto-West Germanic *hraum, from Proto-Germanic *hraumaz.

#### Alternative forms

* ræm, ream, reæm, reme

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛːm/
* Rhymes: -ɛːm

#### Noun

rem (plural remes)
* (mainly Early ME) A shout or yell; a loud, aggressive, noise.
* (Early Middle English) A moan; a call of sadness or sorrow.

##### Derived terms

* remen

##### References

* “rēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

rem
* Alternative form of reme (“cream”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

rem
* Alternative form of reme (“ream”)

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rem/
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

rem m (plural rems)
* (nautical) rowing, sculling

## Piedmontese
### Etymology

From Latin rēmus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛm/

### Noun

rem m
* oar

#### Related terms

* remé

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse reim.

### Noun

rem c
* a strap
* a belt

#### Derived terms

* axelrem
* bärrem
* dragrem
* drivrem
* fläktrem
* fångrem
* generatorrem
* hakrem
* hårrem
* hängslerem
* kamrem
* kilrem
* käkrem
* lakritsrem
* livrem
* läderrem
* lägga på en rem (“hurry up”)
* pannrem
* rembrott
* remdrift
* remdriven
* remlås
* remsa
* remskarv
* remskiva
* remspänne
* remtransportör
* remtyg
* sandalrem
* skorem
* snörrem
* spännrem
* svansrem
* svettrem
* svångrem
* tårem
* vristrem
* väskrem

### References

* rem in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* mer