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rim

Portuguese, noun/ˈʁĩ/

rim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kidney” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “órgão excretor onde se forma a urina”.

What does rim mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekidney

  2. 2

    masculinesmall of the back

  3. 3

    PortugalmasculineA type of pastry shaped like a kidney.

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. órgão excretor onde se forma a urina

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of rim

  • rins plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rim?

  • Brazil /ˈʁĩ/
  • Brazil [ˈhĩ]
  • /ˈʁĩ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rim

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rim in Portuguese?

rim appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).