rime

UK
/raɪm/
US
/raɪm/

Translations

rimenoun
rimes
pl
UK
/raɪm/
US
/raɪm/
The trees were covered in a delicate rime after the cold night.
Les arbres étaient couverts d’un délicat givre après la nuit froide.
rimePhonologie.
In the syllable /kæt/, the rime is /æt/.
Dans la syllabe /kæt/, la rime est /æt/.
rimeSens archaïque : correspondance des sons en poésie.
The poet searched for a fitting rime to pair with “night.”
Le poète cherchait une rime appropriée pour aller avec « night ».
Additional translations
pelliculeEmployé au sens figuré pour une fine couche.
rimeverb
rimed
Past Simple
rimed
Past Participle
riming
Gerund
UK
/raɪm/
US
/raɪm/
The cold night air began to rime the windows with delicate patterns.
L’air froid de la nuit a commencé à givrer les fenêtres de motifs délicats.
Additional translations
rimerSens archaïque.
rimeadjective
Used attributively (e.g., “rime ice”) describing something related to or covered with rime frost.
givréAttributif, en parlant de ce qui est couvert de givre ou en relève.
Rime ice accumulated on the antenna during the storm.
Du givre s’est accumulé sur l’antenne pendant la tempête.

Definitions

rimenoun
A frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog.
The trees were covered in a delicate rime after the cold night.
A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a layer of frost.
The old boat was covered in a rime of algae after years in the water.
(Archaic) A word or line of verse that has the same terminal sound as another; rhyme.
The poet searched for a fitting rime to pair with “night.”
(Phonology) The portion of a syllable consisting of its nucleus and any following consonants.
In the syllable /kæt/, the rime is /æt/.
rimeverb
To cover with frost or a thin layer of ice.
The cold night air began to rime the windows with delicate patterns.
(Archaic) To correspond in sound with another word; to rhyme.
“Love” does not rime with “move,” he complained.
rimeadjective
Attributive. Relating to, producing, or covered with rime frost.
Rime ice accumulated on the antenna during the storm.