(Sax. *rim*; Germ. *reim*), in poetry, is the consonance of sounds in the last syllable or syllables of verses. In the former case it is called male rhyme, in the latter female. Some derive it from the Greek *rhos*, which is a palpable error. Rhyme, as an accompaniment of verse, cannot be traced farther back than to the *rhomours* of Normandy, the *troubadours* of Provence, and the *minnesingers* of Germany. (See POETRY.)