cime
French, noun/sim/
cime is spelled C-I-M-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cime is a French feminine noun meaning “peak, summit (of mountain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc”.
What does cime mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepeak, summit (of mountain)
- 2
femininetop (of tree)
noun
- 1
informalmasculineshort for cimetière
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cime
- cimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cime?
- /sim/
- \sim\
- [sim]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cime
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cime in French?
cime appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).