Join free

rima

English · Español · Français · Italiano · Português · Română

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

rima¹

  • /ˈɹaɪ.mə/

Rhymes with -aɪmə

Where it comes from

Borrowing from Latin rīma (“a cleft, crack, fissure, chink”).

noun rimae

  1. A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
  2. A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille. Look for three prominent interior craters, as well as an ancient rima falling near the shadow's edge.

rima²

noun rimas · rimur

  1. An Icelandic epic poem written with rhyme, alliteration, and certain metres.

RIMA³

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase type A

Rima⁴

proper noun Rimas

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.

Translations

Every language

noun anatomic cleft or gap

中文裂 liè

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"rima." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rima. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

rima. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rima

Chicago

"rima." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rima.

BibTeX
@misc{rima_2026,
  title = {rima},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rima},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}