Rhine
pronunciation
How to pronounce Rhine in British English:
UK [rain]
How to pronounce Rhine in American English:
US [raɪn]
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- Noun:
- United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
- a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
Word Origin
- Rhine
- principal river in western Germany, from German Rhein, from Middle High German Rin, ultimately from Gaulish Renos, literally "that which flows," from PIE root *reie- "to move, flow, run" (cognates: Sanskrit rinati "causes to flow," ritih "stream, course;" Latin rivus "stream;" Old Church Slavonic reka "river;" Middle Irish rian "river, way;" Gothic rinnan "run, flow," rinno "brook;" Middle Low German ride "brook;" Old English riþ "stream;" Old English rinnan, Old Norse rinna "to run," Dutch ril "running stream"). The spelling with -h- (also in Latin Rhenus; French Rhin) is from influence of the Greek form of the name, Rhenos.
Example
- 1. A once-great industrial power looks for inspiration across the rhine
- 2. Between bingen and koblenz , the river enters the rhine gorge .
- 3. A legacy of the roman empire was the fact that the area west of the rhine spoke latin .
- 4. New ford car models are shipped along the rhine river near vlissingen in the netherlands .
- 5. The modern equivalents of castles on the rhine are first-class lounges and corporate jets .