limiar

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Galician

Foulas (poema limiar) (Seafoam splashes - a foreword poem), by Manuel Antonio

Alternative forms

lumiar

Etymology

From Latin līminaris, from līmen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liˈmjaɾ/

Noun

limiar m (plural limiares)

References

“lumiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“limiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“limiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “umbral”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin līmināre. Doublet of liminar and umbral.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmja.ɾi/

Hyphenation: li‧mi‧ar

Noun

limiar m (plural limiares)

threshold, border, limit
no limiar de ― about to

References

^ “limiar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “limiar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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