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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rem"

Translingual

Symbol

rem

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Remo.

English

Pronunciation

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)

  2. A non-SI unit of measure for radiation dose, measured as equivalent dose, effective dose, or committed dose, from 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. The SI unit for these kinds of radiation dose is the sievert (Sv).
Derived terms

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

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 an HTML document.
    • 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:
      Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.

Anagrams

See also

etymologically unrelated
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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *aeramem m, whence also Italian rame, from Latin aeramen n. The variant ram reflects the variant Vulgar Latin *aeramum m, whence also Sicilian ramu, Venetan ramo, while Tosk rëm can reflect either forms.

Pronunciation

Noun

rem m (definite remi)

  1. copper
    Synonym: bakër

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...

Derived terms

References

  • Meyer, G. (1891), “2) ram”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 361
  • Çabej, E. (1986), Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 74–75
  • Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “rem”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367–368

Further reading

  • “rem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēmus.

Pronunciation

Noun

rem m (plural rems)

  1. oar
  2. (uncountable, sports) rowing

Further reading

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse reim.

Pronunciation

Noun

rem c (singular definite remmen, plural indefinite remme)

  1. strap, thong
  2. belt
  3. strop

Inflection

More information common gender, singular ...
  • strygerem

Noun

rem c

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from remmen.

Noun

rem f (plural remmen, diminutive remmetje n)

  1. brake
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: rem
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: rem
  • → Caribbean Javanese: rèm
  • → Indonesian: rem
  • → West Frisian: rem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rem

  1. inflection of remmen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin rēmus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rem m (plural rems)

  1. oar

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

From Dutch rem (“brake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛm/
  • Hyphenation: rèm

Noun

rèm (plural rem-rem)

  1. brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
    Synonyms: abar, brek (Malay)
  2. (figurative) hindrance, obstacle
    Synonyms: penghambat, penghalang, pengekang

Derived terms

  • mengerem
  • pengereman

Compounds

  • rem angin
  • rem bantu
  • rem belakang
  • rem blong
  • rem cakram
  • rem darurat
  • rem depan
  • rem hidraulik
  • rem kaki
  • rem mekanik
  • rem tangan
  • rem torpedo
  • rem tromol
  • rem udara

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

rem f

  1. accusative singular of rēs

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hrēam, from Proto-West Germanic *hraum, from Proto-Germanic *hraumaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːm

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
References

Etymology 2

Noun

rem

  1. alternative form of reme (“cream”)

Etymology 3

Noun

rem

  1. alternative form of reme (“ream”)
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Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

rem m (plural rems)

  1. (nautical) rowing, sculling

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin rēmus.

Pronunciation

Noun

rem m

  1. oar

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

From Old Norse reim.

Pronunciation

Noun

rem c

  1. a strap
  2. a belt

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

  • axelrem
  • bärrem
  • dragrem
  • drivrem
  • fläktrem
  • fångrem
  • generatorrem
  • hakrem
  • hårrem
  • hängslerem
  • kamrem
  • kilrem
  • käkrem
  • lakritsrem
  • livrem
  • läderrem
  • lägga på en rem (“hurry up”)
  • pannrem
  • rembrott
  • remdrift
  • remdriven
  • remlås
  • remsa
  • remskarv
  • remskiva
  • remspänne
  • remtransportör
  • remtyg
  • sandalrem
  • skorem
  • snörrem
  • spännrem
  • svansrem
  • svettrem
  • svångrem
  • tårem
  • vristrem
  • väskrem

References

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