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/
  • Audio:(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

Declension of cime (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cime cimí
vocative a chime a chimí
genitive cime cimí
dative cime cimí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cime na cimí
genitive an chime na gcimí
dative leis an gcime
don chime 		leis na cimí

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cime
radical lenition eclipsis
cime chime gcime

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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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