rhumb

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumbo or Portuguese rumo, from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhomb and rhombus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌm/, /ɹʌmb/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌm, -ʌmb

Noun

rhumb (plural rhumbs)

1. (navigation) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.

   Synonyms: rhumb line, loxodrome

2. (navigation) Any of the 32 points of the compass.
3. (navigation) A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°.

Derived terms

• rhumb-line
• rhumb sailing

 

Translations

a line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle — see rhumb line

one of the 32 points of the compass (compass points)

• Arabic: دِيرَة f (dīra)
• Bulgarian: румб m (rumb)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kompassipiiru
• French: rumb (fr) m, rhumb (fr) m
• German: Kompasspunkt m, Rhumb n or m (old Anglicism)
• Hungarian: szélvonal
• Italian: rombo di bussola m
• Portuguese: rumo (pt) m
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kompassträck n

a unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°

• Arabic: خَنّ m (ḵann)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kompassipiiru
• French: rumb (fr) m, rhumb (fr) m
• German: Rhumb n or m (old Anglicism)
• Italian: rombo di bussola m
• Romanian: cart (ro) n
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kompassträck n

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

rhumb m (plural rhumbs)

1. rhumb

Further reading

• “rhumb”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.