rimaye
French, noun/ʁi.maj/
rimaye is spelled R-I-M-A-Y-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rimaye is a French masculine noun meaning “a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace entre la paroi rocheuse et le glacier en montagne”.
What does rimaye mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace entre la paroi rocheuse et le glacier en montagne.
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 rimaye
- rimayes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rimaye?
- /ʁi.maj/
- /ʁi.mɛ/
- \ʁi.maj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rimaye in French?
rimaye appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).