rime
pronunciation
How to pronounce rime in British English:
UK [raɪm]
How to pronounce rime in American English:
US [raɪm]
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- Noun:
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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- Verb:
- be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
- compose rhymes
Word Origin
- rime (n.)
- "hoarfrost," Old English hrim, from Proto-Germanic *khrima- (cognates: Old Norse hrim, Dutch rijm, German Reif). Old French rime is of Germanic origin. Rare in Middle English, surviving mainly in Scottish and northern English, revived in literary use late 18c.
Example
- 1. The frozen droplets are called rime .
- 2. All the different types of snow crystals can be found decorated with rime .
- 3. I advised waiting till the right rime .
- 4. Most countries were waiting to see how the new rime behaved before passing comment .
- 5. It might be the rime awareness of english that plays a more crucial role in learning to read english words for chinese efl learners .