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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thyme

/taɪm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
thyme
IPA
/taɪm/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon). Displaced native Old English boþen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *dʰewh₂-, tyme, thym, thymum, θύμον

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /taɪm/
  • British English: /taɪm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

thymes (plural)

Derived Forms

thymelike thymene thymey thymic thymol waterthyme

Phrases

basil thyme caraway thyme cat thyme creeping thyme English thyme French thyme lemon thyme mother-of-thyme

Homonyms

time (most accents) time

Rhymes With

time all-time one-time part-time crime prime climb lime dime rhyme sublime slime

Questions

How do you pronounce thyme?
The recorded pronunciation is /taɪm/.
What does thyme mean?
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
Where does thyme come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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