rhyme

English

/ɹaɪm/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)
  • A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
  • (countable) A word that rhymes with another.
  • (uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.
  • (linguistics) rime#Etymology 2|rime
  • (obsolete) Number.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ryme inherited from Old English rīm (number, counting, enumeration, series, reckoning, sum, value, calendar, aggregate, row, the precise sum aggregation of any collection of individual things persons, numeral) borrowed from Old French rime derived from Latin rhythmus (rhythm) derived from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhythm, symmetry, any measured flow movement, measured flow movement, measure) borrowed from Frankish *rīm (series, number, count) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (number, calculation, count, series) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (count, regulate, reason) inherited from Middle English rymen inherited from Old English rīman (number, enumerate, count, compute, reckon, calculate) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rīmaną (count).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*rīmaną

Gloss

count

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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