cime

See also: címe, cimé, and čime

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cime, from Latin cȳma, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma). Doublet of cyme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sim/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -im

Noun

cime f (plural cimes)

  1. peak, summit (of mountain)
  2. top (of tree)

Etymology 2

Clipping of cimetière.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sim/

Noun

cime m (plural cimes)

  1. (France, informal) Short for cimetière.

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cimidh, cimeach, cimioch

Etymology

From Middle Irish cimme, cimmid, from Old Irish cimbid (captive, prisoner).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɪmʲə/

Noun

cime m (genitive singular cime, nominative plural cimí)

  1. captive, prisoner

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cimigh (commit (to prison); make captive, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cime chime gcime
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Italian

Noun

cime f pl

  1. plural of cima

Spanish

Verb

cime

  1. inflection of cimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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