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7-letter words (1 found)

CHIMERA,

6-letter words (10 found)

ACHIER,ARCHEI,CAHIER,CHIMAR,CHIMER,ERIACH,HAEMIC,HERMAI,MACHER,MICHER,

5-letter words (33 found)

AIMER,AMICE,ARCHI,AREIC,CERIA,CHAIR,CHARE,CHARM,CHIME,CHIRM,CIMAR,CRAME,CREAM,CRIME,ERICA,HAREM,HARIM,HEMIC,HERMA,IHRAM,MACER,MACHE,MACHI,MAIRE,MARCH,MERCH,MICHE,MICRA,RACHE,RAMIE,REACH,RHIME,RIMAE,

4-letter words (59 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACME,ACRE,AHEM,AMIE,AMIR,ARCH,CAME,CAMI,CARE,CHAI,CHAM,CHAR,CHEM,CHER,CHIA,CIRE,CRAM,CREM,CRIA,CRIM,EACH,EMIC,EMIR,ERIC,HAEM,HAIR,HAME,HARE,HARM,HEAR,HEIR,HERM,HIRE,ICER,MACE,MACH,MAIR,MARC,MARE,MECH,MERC,MERI,MICA,MICE,MICH,MIHA,MIRE,RACE,RACH,RAMI,REAM,RHEA,RICE,RICH,RIEM,RIMA,RIME,

3-letter words (44 found)

ACE,ACH,AHI,AIM,AIR,AME,AMI,ARC,ARE,ARM,CAM,CAR,CHA,CHE,CHI,EAR,ECH,ERA,ERM,HAE,HAM,HEM,HER,HIC,HIE,HIM,ICE,ICH,IRE,MAC,MAE,MAR,MEH,MIC,MIR,RAH,RAI,RAM,REC,REH,REI,REM,RIA,RIM,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AH,AI,AM,AR,CH,EA,EH,EM,ER,HA,HE,HI,HM,MA,ME,MI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 166 words from chimera according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chimera

chimera

Alternative forms

  • chimaera, chimæra (archaic)
  • chimere, chymera, chemera, chymæra (obsolete)

Etymology

Variant of Middle English chimere, chymere, & chymera under renewed Latin influence from the 16th century, from French chimère, from Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing mythological monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”, from χίμαρος (khímaros, “male goat”) +‎ -α (-a)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-. In reference to the fish, directly from Latin Chimaera, used by Linnaeus. In reference to organisms with distinct areas of different genetic makeups, a calque of German Chimäre, used by Hans Winkler in 1907.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kaɪˈmɪɹə/, /kəˈmɪɹə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kaɪˈmɪəɹə/, /kɪˈmɪəɹə/
  • Hyphenation: chi‧me‧ra

Noun

chimera (plural chimeras)

  1. (Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
    • 1382, John Purvey, Bible, Prologue, p. 31:
      ...beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun...
  2. (mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
  4. (figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
  5. (figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
  6. (architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
  7. (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
  8. (zoology) Alternative form of chimaera, a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.
  9. (figurative) Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.

Synonyms

  • (fish): ghost shark, rabbitfish, ratfish
  • (anything composed of very disparate parts): motley crew

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "anything composed of very disparate parts"): monolith

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Chimaera
  • chimere

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Glossary of architecture

References

  • “chimera | chimaera, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Further reading

  • chimera (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • chimera (genetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Chimaera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (fish)
  • chimera (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • haremic

Italian

Etymology

From Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈmɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Hyphenation: chi‧mè‧ra

Noun

chimera f (plural chimere)

  1. chimera
  2. chimera, a kind of shark of the genus Chimaera

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xiˈmɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: chi‧me‧ra
  • Homophone: Chimera

Noun

chimera f

  1. (art) chimera (artistic representation of the Chimera, a mythological monster)
  2. (literary) caprice, fancy, whim
    Synonyms: dziwactwo, kaprys, urojenie, zachcianka
  3. (literary) delusion, figment of one's imagination, invention, phantom
    Synonyms: fantazja, majak, ułuda, urojenie, widziadło, złuda
  4. (genetics) chimera (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
  5. chimaera, chimera, rabbitfish, ratfish (cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin)
    Synonym: przeraza

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Further reading

  • chimera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chimera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org