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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIREME

From Latin birēmus, from bi-1 + -rēmus oar.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BIREME

bireme  [ˈbaɪriːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIREME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bireme is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIREME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bireme

Bireme

A bireme is an ancient oared warship with two decks of oars, probably invented by the Phoenicians. Long vessels built for military purposes had relatively high speed, meticulous construction, strength, and depending on the number of rows of oars, were called uniremes, biremes, triremes, quadriremes, etc.

Definition of bireme in the English dictionary

The definition of bireme in the dictionary is an ancient galley having two banks of oars.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIREME


airstream
ˈɛəˌstriːm
bitstream
ˈbɪtˌstriːm
bloodstream
ˈblʌdˌstriːm
breme
briːm
cream
kriːm
daydream
ˈdeɪˌdriːm
downstream
ˈdaʊnˈstriːm
dream
driːm
extreme
ɪkˈstriːm
livestream
ˈlaɪvˌstriːm
mainstream
ˈmeɪnˌstriːm
ream
riːm
riem
riːm
scream
skriːm
spireme
ˈspaɪriːm
stream
striːm
supreme
sʊˈpriːm
Tarim
ˈtɑːˈriːm
trireme
ˈtraɪriːm
upstream
ˈʌpˈstriːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIREME

birds´ eggs
birds´-nesting
birdseed
birdshot
birdsong
birdwatch
birdwatching
birdwing
birefringence
birefringent
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
biretta
Birgitta
biriani
birk
Birkbeck
birken
Birkenhead
birkie
birl

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIREME

academe
bonus scheme
careme
color scheme
colour scheme
deme
heme
housing scheme
incentive scheme
meme
monotreme
morpheme
pension scheme
pilot scheme
quadrireme
quinquereme
scheme
seme
theme
unextreme

Synonyms and antonyms of bireme in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bireme» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIREME

Find out the translation of bireme to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bireme from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bireme» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

BIREME
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

birreme
570 millions of speakers

English

bireme
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bireme
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

BIREME
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бирема
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

BIREME
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bireme
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bireme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bireme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bireme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bireme
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bireme
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bireme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

BIREME
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bireme
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिरमे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bireme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

BIREME
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bireme
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бірема
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

BIREME
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τριήρους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bireme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

BIREME
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Birem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bireme

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIREME»

The term «bireme» is regularly used and occupies the 80.642 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bireme
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «bireme».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIREME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bireme» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bireme» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bireme

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIREME»

Discover the use of bireme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bireme and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bireme: Roman Naval Warfare in History and Diorama
Includes over 100 stock, converted, and scratch built figures. Uniforms and battle illustrations. Over 100 color pictures, strategic maps, detailed historical account, and guide to modeling water. How the Bireme was built.
Andrea Press, 2005
2
Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 2: An ...
Its online version, Medline, was available from 1971; by the next year it was being searched via satellite from a terminal at Bireme (Biblioteca Regional de Medicina / Regional Medical Library) in Sa ̃o Paulo.131 This was not viewed as a  ...
Ravindra N. Sharma, IFLA Headquarters, 2012
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Governing a Common Sea: Environmental Policies in the Baltic ...
The final content of BIREME was formulated on the basis of the submitted, successful project proposals, the 24 projects chosen in six thematic sectors: eutrophication; fish biology and fisheries; winter ecology; history and governance ; ...
Marko Joas, Detlef Jahn, Kristine Kern, 2008
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MEDLARS and health information policy.
The regional approach to acquiring MEDLARS access, as in the case of BIREME, certainly has great merits, but also has great limitations. Regional structure and cooperation in Latin America is not at all the same as in the United States. Thus ...
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Roman Warships
... Awnings Gangplanks Foredeck structures Etruscan boat Conter-type ship without deck Conter-type ship with flying deck Lamp in the form of a conter Etruscan bireme warship Greek bireme Greek bireme with deck crew Greek bireme without ...
Michael Pitassi, 2011
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Ancient Warfare Technology: From Javelins to Chariots
lived along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, likely invented the bireme. The ship had two rows of oars on each side. This is a model of a Phoenician bireme from about 700 B.C. The ancient Greek navy relied on biremes before ...
Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods, 2011
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Shadow of the Cross
After some thought he decided that fleeting departure seamed strange and quickly ordered the crew to the area where the Luna had been anchored during the night. The bireme moved lightly, the oars pulled her gently through the harbor until ...
Mario Cappello, 2003
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Medinfo
In: BIREME; 2002. [10]BIREME. BIREME. [ 12 jPediatria. SA. Manual de LILACS. In: Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria; 2002. [13]Garfield E. The impact factor. In: Institute for Scientific Information; 1994. [14]BIREME. Metodologia LILACS.
Marius Fieschi, Enrico Coiera, Yu-Chan Jack Li, 2004
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World Social Science Report 2010: Knowledge Divides
The SCIELO project, based in BIREME (www.bireme.br), 1. Examples: BIREME- OPS (health, www.bireme.br); REDUC (education, http://biblioteca.uahurtado.cl/ ujah/reduc/catalogo. htm); CLACSO (social sciences, www.biblioteca.clacso.edu.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2010
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Exploration: New Lands, New Worlds
An improvement came when ships carried two ranks of oars, one above the other and later designs added more ranks. A galley with two rows of oars on each side was called a bireme; one with three rows of oars was a trireme; one with four ...
Michael Allaby, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIREME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bireme is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chad forces kill six militants, lose five officers in raid
“After an interrogation, a suspect showed us a house for building bombs,” Interior Minister, Abderahim Bireme Hamid told Reuters. He blamed ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
2
Suicide bombers kill at least three in northeast Nigeria
According to the Chad's Minister of Public Security, Abderahim Bireme Hamid, the mastermind of the network had been detained yesterday. «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
3
11 killed in Chad police raid against Boko Haram
... the alleged "brain" behind Boko Haram operations in Chad and neighbouring northern Cameroon, Interior Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
4
2 explosions hit Chad's capital, kill 11,...
Five police officers were among the 11 dead, said Chad's Minister of Territory and Public Security, Abderahim Bireme Hamid. He blamed ... «www.kingstonregion.com/, Jun 15»
5
Diogo double keeps Buriram ahead
Bireme Diouf gave them the lead after 28 minutes. However, Surachet Ngamtip earned a point for the hosts in the 77th minute after Saraburi's ... «Bangkok Post, Jun 15»
6
Boko Haram Islamist group spreads terror to Niger, killing at least 40
"There has been progress," said Chad's Interior and Public Security Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid. "Several suspects, between five and six ... «ChristianToday, Jun 15»
7
At Least 40 Dead as Boko Haram Fighters Loot and Burn Villages in …
"There has been progress," Chad's Interior and Public Security Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid said of the response to the violence that ... «VICE News, Jun 15»
8
Suicide attack on police, intelligence offices in Chad capital -minister
Abderahim Bireme Hamid said security forces had locked down the area but the situation was ongoing. He said it was too early to give any toll ... «Reuters Africa, Jun 15»
9
Schools closed in Chadian capital after students protest against …
Chadian Infrastructure, Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Adoum Younousmi and Interior and Public Security Minister Abderrahim Bireme ... «spyghana.com, Mar 15»
10
Chad not afraid of Boko Haram, says interior minister
Chad's Interior Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid has said the country does not fear any reprisal attacks following its decision to send to troops ... «The News, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bireme [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bireme>. Apr 2024 ».
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