reame
English
Noun
reame (plural reames)
- Obsolete form of ream.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The whiles his life ran foorth in bloudie streame ,
His foule descended downe into the Stygian reame
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French reame, reaume[1] (whence also Modern French royaume).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈa.me/
- Rhymes: -ame
- Hyphenation: re‧à‧me
References
- “reame” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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