different between rim vs threshold

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *rem?- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Noun

rim (plural rims)

1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
2. (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
3. (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
   • 2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing (page 130)

     A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]

   • 2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing (page 7)

     On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.

Derived terms

• Pacific Rim

Translations

See also

• (wheel rim): mag wheel, alloy wheel

Verb

rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed) (transitive)

1. To form a rim on.
2. (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.

3. (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English r?oma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reum?.

Noun

rim (plural rims)

1. (Britain dialectal) A membrane.
2. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.

Etymology 3

From a variation of ream.

Verb

rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

1. (slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act.
   • 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216

     When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.

Translations

Anagrams

• IRM, MIR, MRI, Mir, RMI, miR, mir

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrím, from Proto-Germanic *hr?m?.

Noun

rim c (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)

1. hoarfrost, rime

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime (“rhyme”).

Noun

rim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

1. rhyme

Inflection

Further reading

• rim on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 3

See rime.

Verb

rim

1. imperative of rime

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?m]
• Hyphenation: rim

Etymology 1

From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”), from Arabic ???????? (rizma, “bundle”).

Noun

rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)

1. ream, a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

Etymology 2

From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old Dutch *riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reum?.

Noun

rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)

1. (colloquial) leather belt.

Further reading

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

Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rim/

Noun

rim

1. smell
2. odour

Adverb

rim

1. hard

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• rimb

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (rum?). For rimb, compare the probably related Old Armenian ????? (?umb).

Noun

r?im ?

1. spear, lance, javelin
2. unit of measure the length of a spear

Descendants

• ? Armenian: ??? (??m) (Van, Moks, Shatakh)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime

Noun

rim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima or rimene)

1. a rhyme

Derived terms

• barnerim

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrím

Noun

rim m (definite singular rimen, uncountable)
rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

1. rime (frost)

Derived terms

• rimfrost

References

• “rim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?m/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rím, from Old French rime.

Noun

rim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima)

1. a rhyme

Derived terms

• barnerim

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrím. Akin to English rime.

Noun

rim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)

1. rime (frost)

Derived terms

• rimfrost

References

• “rim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *r?m? (“number, count, series”), from Proto-Indo-European *re(i)- (“to reason, count”). Akin to Old Frisian r?m, Old Saxon -r?m, Old High German r?m, Icelandic rím.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?m/

Noun

r?m n

1. number

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: rime, rhyme

Portuguese

Etymology

Via Old Portuguese rin, from Latin r?n, from Proto-Italic *hr?n, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g??ren- (“an internal part of the body”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [???]
• Hyphenation: rim

Noun

rim m (plural rins)

1. kidney
2. (in the plural) small of the back

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rím, from Proto-Germanic *r?m?.

Noun

rim n

1. rhyme

Declension

See also

• rimma

Volapük

Noun

rim (nominative plural rims)

1. rhyme

Declension

See also

• rimod

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rí?m] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -í?m

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrím, from Proto-Germanic *hr?m?.

Noun

rim n

1. frost, hoarfrost

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rím, from Proto-Germanic *r?m?.

Noun

rim n

1. story, poem, saga
2. rumour

Related terms

• riim

Synonyms

• (story, saga) sögu

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *k.tem? (“full”). Cognate with Thai ???? (dtem), Lao ???? (tem), Northern Thai ????, Lü ??? (?iim), Shan ???? (t?m), Nong Zhuang daem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?im??/
• Tone numbers: rim¹
• Hyphenation: rim

Adjective

rim (old orthography rim)

1. full

English

Etymology

From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þres?old, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þresk?þlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskan?, *þreskwan? (“to thresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, turn”). Cognate with Low German Drüssel (“threshold”), dialectal German Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (“threshold”), Danish tærskel (“threshold”), Swedish tröskel (“threshold”), dialectal Swedish träskvald (“threshold”), Icelandic þröskuldur (“threshold”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???e?(h)??ld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????(h)o?ld/

Noun

threshold (plural thresholds)

1. The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
2. (by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
3. (by extension) Any end or boundary.
4. (figuratively) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi:

     I arrived at last, did obeisance to my uncle, and told him everything. He thought it over and said: ' […] At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.'

5. (aviation) The start of the landing area of a runway.
6. (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
7. The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
8. The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.

Derived terms

• thresholding
• thresholdless
• thresholdlike

(Expressions:)

• displaced threshold
• Micawber threshold
• threshold braking
• threshold effect
• threshold potential
• threshold worker

Antonyms

• (bottom-most part of a doorway): lintel

Translations