limo

English

Etymology

Clipping of limousine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.məʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.moʊ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪməʊ

Noun

limo (plural limos)

1. (slang) Clipping of limousine.
   • 2015, “King Kunta”, in To Pimp a Butterfly, performed by Kendrick Lamar:

     Limo tinted with the gold plates / Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast / From a peasant to a prince to a motherfuckin' king

Derived terms

• stretch limo

Translations

Anagrams

• Milo, OIML, milo, moil

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

limo (plural limo's)

1. Clipping of limousine.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧mo

Verb

limo

1. to keep something a secret

Noun

limo

1. a ritual for teething a child

Anagrams

milo

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

1. five

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish limón.

Noun

limo

1. lemon.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.moː/
• Hyphenation: li‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

limo f (plural limo's)

1. (informal) Clipping of limousine.

Etymology 2

Noun

limo f (plural limo's)

1. (Netherlands, informal) Clipping of limonade.

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin līmes.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: li‧mo

Noun

limo (accusative singular limon, plural limoj, accusative plural limojn)

1. border, frontier, boundary

   Coordinate terms: bordo, rando

   La Pireneoj formas la naturan limon inter Hispanio kaj Francio.

   The Pyrenees form the natural border between Spain and France.

   • 1997, Gerrit Berveling, transl., La Sankta Biblio‎, Germana Esperanto-Asocio, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, I Makabeoj 1:3:

     Li penetris ĝis la ekstremaj limoj de la tero kaj kaptis predon de multaj nacioj.

     And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations,

2. (figurative) limit, breaking point

   Mi atingis mian limon, mi ne povas plu elteni.

   I've reached my limit; I can't take it anymore.

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal Swedish lime (“bundle of wickers or leaves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimo/,
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification^(key): li‧mo

Noun

limo

1. Synonym of juhannuskoivu.

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Ilmo, olmi

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin līmus (“mud, slime”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

limo m (plural limos)

1. mucus, especially the mucus of a cow in heat
2. green seaweed that covers humid or submerged surfaces

   Synonym: verdello

3. slime

Etymology 2

Verb

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

References

• “limo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “limo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “limo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: lì‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin līmus (“mud, slime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Noun

limo m (plural limi)

1. mud, slime
2. silt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limare

Anagrams

• Lomi, Milo, moli, olmi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.moː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mo/,

Etymology 1

From līma (“a file, rasp”).

Verb

līmō (present infinitive līmāre, perfect active līmāvī, supine līmātum); first conjugation

1. to sharpen
2. to file, file off
3. to polish, finish
4. (figuratively) to investigate accurately

Conjugation

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• līmātē
• līmātus

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From līmus (“mud, slime”).

Verb

līmō (present infinitive līmāre, perfect active līmāvī, supine līmātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to besmirch
2. to bespatter with mud

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

• Romanian: ima
• Sicilian: lippu (?)

References

• “limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• limo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to polish, finish a work with the greatest care: perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opus
    

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

1. five

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.mɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -imɔ
• Syllabification: li‧mo

Noun

limo n

1. (colloquial) black eye

   Synonym: podkowa

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

limo m (plural limos)

1. mud, slime, silt

   Synonym: lodo

2. seaweed, wack (weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond)

Etymology 2

Verb

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: li‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”).

Noun

limo m (plural limos)

1. mud, slime, silt

   Synonyms: barro, lodo

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “limo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656

Further reading

• “limo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tiruray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

1. five

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

1. five