rhyme

rime

Mot dont la fin sonne comme celle d’un autre, ou cette correspondance entre les sons.

En anglais simple : A word with the same ending sound as another word, or the matching sounds themselves.

• Can you find a rhyme for blue?
• The final words form a perfect rhyme.
• She uses unexpected rhymes in her songs.

Comment l'utiliser : rhyme for something (I need a rhyme for light.)

Expressions courantes : rhyme for something, perfect rhyme, end rhyme

comptine, petit poème

Petit poème ou chanson avec des rimes, surtout pour les enfants.

En anglais simple : A short poem or song, especially one for children, with words that have matching ending sounds.

• She taught us a funny rhyme.
• The children recited their favorite rhymes.
• Do you remember that old nursery rhyme?

Synonymes : poem, verse

Expressions courantes : nursery rhyme, children’s rhyme, simple rhyme

vers rimés

Poésie dont les mots en fin de vers ont des sons qui se correspondent.

En anglais simple : Poetry in which words at the ends of lines have matching sounds.

• The story is written in rhyme.
• She finds rhyme easier to remember than prose.
• He tells jokes in rhyme.

Comment l'utiliser : in rhyme (The invitation was written in rhyme.)

Synonymes : rhyming verse

Expressions courantes : in rhyme, write in rhyme

rimer

Pour des mots, avoir les mêmes sons à la fin.

En anglais simple : If words do this, their ending sounds are the same.

• Cat and hat rhyme.
• Does moon rhyme with spoon?
• The last words in each pair of lines rhymed.

Comment l'utiliser : rhyme with something (Tree rhymes with sea.)

Expressions courantes : rhyme with something, words rhyme

faire rimer

Disposer ou prononcer des mots pour que leurs sons finaux se correspondent.

En anglais simple : To arrange or say words so their ending sounds match.

• Try to rhyme the final words.
• She rhymed night with light in her song.
• The rapper can rhyme almost any pair of words.

Comment l'utiliser : rhyme something with something (He rhymed rain with pain.)

Synonymes : versify

Expressions courantes : rhyme words, rhyme something with