Remi

See also: remi, remí, and Rémi

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Remi pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Remi

1. Alternative form of Rem (“Egyptian fish god”)

Anagrams

• IMer, Meir, Meri, Mire, emir, meri, mire, reim, riem, rime

French

Alternative forms

• Rémi
• Rémy
• Remy

Etymology

A sixth-century French saint, Latin Remigius, from remex (“oarsman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.mi/, /ʁe.mi/

Proper noun

Remi m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• émir, mire, miré, rime, rimé

Latin

Etymology 1

Gaulish/Celtic name meaning "chieftains, first ones," from Proto-Celtic *ɸare. The modern city name Reims has been conflated with remus (“oar”), in the sense "helmsman" (modern Welsh rhwyf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.miː/, [ˈreːmiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.mi/, [ˈrɛːmi]

Proper noun

Rēmī m pl (genitive Rēmōrum); second declension

1. (ancient history) A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Durocortorum

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Rēmī
Genitive	Rēmōrum
Dative	Rēmīs
Accusative	Rēmōs
Ablative	Rēmīs
Vocative	Rēmī

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.miː/, [ˈrɛmiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.mi/, [ˈrɛːmi]

Proper noun

Remī m

1. inflection of Remus:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative/vocative masculine plural

References

• “Remi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Remi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Remi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• ABC-CLIO (2006): Celtic Culture: A-Celti

Norwegian

Proper noun

Remi

1. a male given name borrowed from French