rijm

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛi̯m/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rijm
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rijm, ripe, from Proto-Germanic *hrīmô. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rijm m (uncountable)

  1. hoarfrost, rime
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Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rijm, rīme, from Old French rime, of uncertain origin. More at rhyme.

Noun

rijm n (plural rijmen, diminutive rijmpje n)

  1. rhyme, rhyming
  2. (now chiefly diminutive) a rhyme, a poem that uses rhyme
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: rym
  • → Papiamentu: riempie (from the diminutive)
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