different between rimer vs riser

English

Etymology

rime +? -er

Noun

rimer (plural rimers)

1. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
2. (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

French

Etymology

From Old French rimer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.me/

Verb

rimer

1. (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)
2. (intransitive) to rhyme (to make rhymes)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ne rimer à rien
• rimer comme hallebarde et miséricorde

Related terms

• rimailler
• rime
• rimeur

Further reading

• “rimer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mirer

Latin

Verb

r?mer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of r?mor

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rimer

1. present of rime

Old French

Etymology

rime (“tale”) +? -er

Verb

rimer

1. to recount a tale, especially by rhyming

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: rimer

English

Etymology

From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?.z?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

riser (plural risers)

1. Someone or something which rises.
2. A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

   The choir stood on risers for the performance.

3. The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
4. (archery) The main body of a bow.
5. A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
6. A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
7. A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
8. A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.

Coordinate terms

• (Manx cat): longy, rumpy
• (vertical part of a step): run, tread

Derived terms

• dry riser
• wet riser

Translations

Anagrams

• serir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

riser

1. present tense of rise