vime

Alternative forms

• vim

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbi.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvi.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvi.me]

Noun

vime m (plural vímens)

1. wicker, osier (flexible branch cut from a willow tree)

Further reading

• “vime” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Alternative forms

• vimbio, vimio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *vimẽe, from Latin vīminem. Cognate with Portuguese vime, Spanish mimbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbime̝/

Noun

vime m (plural vimes)

1. wicker (flexible branch or twig of willow)

   Synonyms: bringa, vimbio, vimbia, vimia

2. wickerwork

References

• “vime”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vimieyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “vimi-” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vime”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vime”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vime”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Verb

vime (present tense vimar, past tense vima, past participle vima, passive infinitive vimast, present participle vimande, imperative vime/vim)

1. Alternative form of vima

Etymology

From Latin vīmen n.

Pronunciation

Noun

vime m (plural vimes)

1. wicker (flexible branch or twig)

   Synonym: verga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vymę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîme/
• Hyphenation: vi‧me

Noun

vȉme n (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ме)

1. udder

Further reading

• “vime”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025