lame

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Antonyms 1.2.1.4 Derived terms 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Estonian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Anagrams 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms 3.3 Anagrams 4 German 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Verb 7 Swedish 7.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP, GenAm) IPA: /leɪm/, SAMPA: /leIm/
• Rhymes: -eɪm

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English lama, akin to German lahm and Dutch lam, Old Norse lami, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian lam, akin to Old Church Slavonic ломити (lomiti), “‘to break’”).

[edit] Adjective

lame (comparative lamer, superlative lamest)

1. unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
2. moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function

   a lame leg, arm or muscle

3. (by extension) hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
4. (slang) unconvincing or unbelievable

   He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.

5. (slang) failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant

   He kept telling these lame jokes all night.

[edit] Usage notes

Referring to a person with a disability as “lame” is offensive to many and, in current usage, rare.

[edit] Synonyms

• (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs): crippled
• (moving with difficulty):
• (by extension, hobbling): hobbling, limping, inefficient, imperfect
• (slang, unconvincing): unconvincing, unbelievable
• (slang, failing to be cool, funny, interesting, or relevant): uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, irrelevant

[edit] Antonyms

• (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs):
• (moving with difficulty):
• (by extension, hobbling): efficient, perfect
• (slang, unconvincing): convincing, believable
• (slang, failing to be cool, funny, interesting, or relevant): cool, funny, interesting, relevant

[edit] Derived terms

• lame duck
• lamage
• lamebrain
• lamely
• lameness
• lamestream

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to lame (third-person singular simple present lames, present participle laming, simple past and past participle lamed)

1. (transitive) To cause a person or animal to become lame
   • 1877: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: And if you don't want to lame your horse you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle French, from Latin lamina

[edit] Noun

lame (plural lames)

1. a lamina
2. pl. a set of joined, overlapping metal plates

[edit] Related terms

• lamé

[edit] Anagrams

• male
• meal

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Adjective

lame

1. flat

[edit] Anagrams

• emal
• male

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lam/

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• Rhymes: -am
• Homophones: lames

[edit] Noun

lame f. (plural lames)

1. lamina
2. blade
3. wave

[edit] Related terms

• lamé m.
• lamellaire
• lamelle
• laminer
• lamineur m.

[edit] Anagrams

• male

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From the English adjective lame.

[edit] Adjective

lame

1. (slang) boring; unimpressive
2. (slang) unskilled; useless

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

lame f.

1. Plural form of lama.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

lame (infinitive: lamer)

1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lamer.

   ¡Lame! — “Lick!”

2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lamer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lamer.

   Lame. — “[He/she/it] licks.”

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Adjective

lame

1. Inflected form of lam. Definite tense, masculine gender, most common in Southern Swedish. In Standard Swedish, optional alternative to lama (Definite tense, feminine or common gender)