rhine
/ɹaɪn/
rhine noun: a watercourse; a ditch for water.
Noun
rhine (plural rhines)
- A watercourse; a ditch for water.
- the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
- A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
Proper noun capitalized: Rhine
the Rhine
- A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.
- Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.2025 June 4, Alex Croft, “Around 20,000 evacuated in Cologne as major bomb defusal operation underway”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025, retrieved 20 Feb 2026
rhine meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
rhine in Hindi
- राइन
rhine in Marathi
- राईन, राइन
rhine in Urdu
- رائن
rhine in Bengali
- রাইন
More languagesFewer languages
- rhine in Gujarati
- રાઇન
- rhine in Odia
- ରାଇନ
- rhine in Nepali
- राइन
Forms of rhine
| plural | rhines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rean |
Origin of rhine
From Old English ryne. See run.
From Middle English Rine, Ryne, from Old English Rīn (“the Rhine”), from Middle High German and Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Gaulish Rēnos, from a Pre-Celtic or Proto-Celtic *reinos; one of a class of river names built from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow, run”). Cognate with Old High German Rīn ("the Rhine"; > German Rhein), Old Norse Rín (“the Rhine”), Dutch Rijn (“the Rhine”). Related also to Latin rivus ("river"), in Celtic with an -n- suffix as in Old Irish rīan (“run”) (more at run). The spelling with Rh- is due to the influence of Ancient Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (via French Rhin).
Words formed from rhine
Phrases with rhine
Words that rhyme with rhine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about rhine
- What does rhine mean?
- Rhine means a watercourse; a ditch for water.
- What is rhine in Hindi?
- Rhine in Hindi is राइन. See Rhine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rhine?
- Rhine can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rhine?
- Rhine is pronounced /ɹaɪn/.
- What is the plural of rhine?
- The plural of rhine is rhines.
Words near rhine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhine (page history and authors); Rhine (page history and authors); rhine (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rhine (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rhine (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rhine (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rhine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rhine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rhine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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