reim

See also: Reim and réim

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch riem.

Noun

reim (plural reims)

  1. (South Africa) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /reiːm/
  • Rhymes: -eiːm

Noun

reim f (genitive singular reimar, nominative plural reimar)

  1. strap, belt
  2. shoelace

Declension
declension of reim
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reim reimin reimar reimarnar
accusative reim reimina reimar reimarnar
dative reim reiminni reimum reimunum
genitive reimar reimarinnar reima reimanna

Synonyms
  • (shoelace): skóreim

Derived terms
  • skóreim

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål
Drivreim (drive belt)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse reim

Noun

reim f or m (definite singular reima or reimen, indefinite plural reimer, definite plural reimene)

  1. a belt, strap

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse reim

Noun

reim f (definite singular reima, indefinite plural reimer, definite plural reimene)
reim f (definite singular reima, indefinite plural reimar, definite plural reimane)

  1. a belt, strap

Derived terms

References
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