different between theme vs reme

English

Etymology

From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek ???? (théma), from ?????? (títh?mi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?m/
• Hyphenation: theme
• Rhymes: -i?m (for all senses)
• Rhymes: -i?mi (for the sense dealing with the Byzantine empire only) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

theme (plural themes)

1. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
2. A recurring idea; a motif.
3. (dated) An essay written for school.
4. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
5. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
6. (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
7. (grammar) The stem of a word.
8. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
9. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
10. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
11. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

theme (third-person singular simple present themes, present participle theming, simple past and past participle themed)

1. (transitive) To give a theme to.

   We themed the birthday party around superheroes.

2. (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

References

• Theme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Hemet

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

theme (plural themes)

1. Alternative form of teme (“topic”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

theme

1. Alternative spelling of þeme (“them”)

Asturian

Verb

reme

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of remar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?.me/, [?re?m?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.me/, [?r??m?]

Noun

r?me

1. vocative singular of r?mus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English r?am, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Alternative forms

• rem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??m/

Noun

reme

2. cream, ream

Derived terms

• remyn

Descendants

• English: ream
• Scots: ream, reme, reim
• Yola: reem, rhyme

References

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French raime, rayme, from Arabic ???????? (rizma, “bundle”).

Alternative forms

• rem, reem, rym

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??m(?)/

Noun

reme (plural remys or reme)

2. A ream; a stack of paper.

Descendants

• English: ream

References

• “r?m, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin r?mus.

Alternative forms

• reeme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??m/

Noun

reme (plural remis)

2. oar

References

• “r?me, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 4

Noun

reme

1. Alternative form of rewme

Etymology 5

Noun

reme

1. Alternative form of rem

Etymology 6

Verb

reme

1. Alternative form of remen (“to cry”)

Etymology 7

Verb

reme

1. Alternative form of remen (“to extend; to get up”)

Portuguese

Verb

reme

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of remar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of remar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of remar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of remar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?reme/, [?re.me]

Verb

reme

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of remar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of remar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of remar.

Tocharian B

Noun

reme

1. witness