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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?m/, /????m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Biblical Hebrew ?????? (r'em).

Noun

reem (plural reems)

1. A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare ream (“to make a hole in”).

Verb

reem (third-person singular simple present reems, present participle reeming, simple past and past participle reemed)

1. (transitive, nautical) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Etymology 3

Of unclear origins, popularised by Joey Essex. Possibly derived from cream or ream.

Adjective

reem (comparative reemer or more reem, superlative reemest or most reem)

1. (Britain, chiefly Essex, slang) cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
   • 2011 June 13, Julie McCaffrey, "Forget a suntan, fake it, safely bake or soothe it", The Mirror:

     The cast of The Only Way Is Essex have tried every fake tan in the universe and insist this is best before a reem night out.

   • 2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl: A Smart, Sexy and Scandalously Funny Expose, Pan Macmillan ?ISBN

     Imagine a totally reem Hogwarts where Harry Potter looks like he should be in a Wham! video while Hermione's always on her pink BlackBerry and trying to catch Ron's attention by rolling up her skirt higher and higher.

   • 2014, Joey Essex, Being Reem, Hachette UK ?ISBN

     Room service: The reemest way to get food! […] The party royal is the most reem though because he goes to Vegas.

References

Anagrams

• -mere, Emer., Mere, REME, erme, meer, mere

Middle English

Noun

reem

1. Alternative form of reme (“ream”)

Yola

Alternative forms

• rhyme

Etymology

From Middle English reme (“cream”).

Noun

reem

1. cream

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Initialism.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

1. (often capitalized) Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

1. A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays

Usage notes

• Continued use of the rem is "strongly discouraged" by the style guide of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

See also

• sievert

Derived terms

• millirem

Etymology 3

Shortening of remark.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

1. (computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

Derived terms

• rem out

Etymology 4

Shortening of remaining.

Adjective

rem (not comparable)

1. (knitting) remaining
   • 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible (page 71)

     Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

Etymology 5

Blend of root +? em.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

1. (web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in a HTML document.

Anagrams

• -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, ?-mer

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin r?mus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?r?m/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r?m/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?rem/

Noun

rem m (plural rems)

1. oar
2. (uncountable, sports) rowing

Related terms

• remar

Further reading

• “rem” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [??am?], [???m?]

• Homophone: ram

Noun

rem c (singular definite remmen, plural indefinite remme)

1. strap, thong
2. belt
3. strop

Inflection

Related terms

• strygerem

Noun

rem c

1. rem (A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Hyphenation: rem

Etymology 1

From remmen.

Noun

rem f (plural remmen, diminutive remmetje n)

1. brake

Derived terms

• handrem
• rempedaal
• schijfrem
• terugtraprem
• trommelrem
• velgrem
• voetrem

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rem
• ? Indonesian: rem
• ? West Frisian: rem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rem

1. first-person singular present indicative of remmen
2. imperative of remmen

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin r?mus.

Noun

rem m (plural rems)

1. oar

Related terms

• remâ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch rem (“brake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/
• Hyphenation: rèm

Noun

rèm (first-person possessive remku, second-person possessive remmu, third-person possessive remnya)

1. brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
2. (figuratively) hindrance, obstacle

   Synonyms: penghambat, penghalang, pengekang

Synonyms

• brek (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading

• “rem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Noun

rem

1. accusative singular of r?s

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hr?am, from Proto-Germanic *hraumaz.

Alternative forms

• reme, ream, ræm, reæm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??m/

Noun

rem (plural remes)

1. (mainly Early ME) A shout or yell; a loud, aggressive, noise.
2. (Early Middle English) A moan; a call of sadness or sorrow.

Derived terms

• remen

References

• “r?m, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Noun

rem

1. Alternative form of reme (“cream”)

Etymology 3

Noun

rem

1. Alternative form of reme (“ream”)

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rem/

Noun

rem m (plural rems)

1. (nautical) rowing, sculling

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin r?mus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?m/

Noun

rem m

1. oar

Related terms

• remé

Swedish

Noun

rem c

1. a strap
2. a belt

Declension

Related terms

• generatorrem
• hängslerem
• kamrem
• kilrem
• lakritsrem
• livrem
• rembrott
• remdrift
• remdriven
• remlås
• remsa
• remskarv
• remskiva
• remspänne
• remtransportör
• remtyg

References

• rem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• mer