Similar words
maladie
Maladie is the general word for any illness; rhume specifically means a cold.
Similar in other languages
German
Erkältung
Erkältung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "cold (illness)."
Practice
1 What does rhume mean?
cold (illness)
2 Fill the gap: Elle a attrapé un ___.
Full sentence: Elle a attrapé un rhume. (She caught a cold.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches rhume?
rhume: neutral register, core frequency, medical domain, neutral connotation.