limiter

English

Etymology

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English limit

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English limiter

From limit + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

limiter (plural limiters)

1. That which limits or confines.

   The limiter automatically put on the brakes to keep the machine from going too fast.

2. (electronics) A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
3. (historical) A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.

Derived terms

• brick-wall limiter
• rate limiter
• speed limiter

Anagrams

• Leitrim

French

Etymology

From limite +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.mi.te/

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Verb

limiter

1. to mark, to limit (to show a physical limit or boundary)
2. to limit (to state a limit for)

   Antonym: illimiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of limiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	limiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	limitant /li.mi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		limité /li.mi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	limite /li.mit/	limites /li.mit/	limite /li.mit/	limitons /li.mi.tɔ̃/	limitez /li.mi.te/	limitent /li.mit/
	imperfect	limitais /li.mi.tɛ/	limitais /li.mi.tɛ/	limitait /li.mi.tɛ/	limitions /li.mi.tjɔ̃/	limitiez /li.mi.tje/	limitaient /li.mi.tɛ/
	past historic2	limitai /li.mi.te/	limitas /li.mi.ta/	limita /li.mi.ta/	limitâmes /li.mi.tam/	limitâtes /li.mi.tat/	limitèrent /li.mi.tɛʁ/
	future	limiterai /li.mi.tʁe/	limiteras /li.mi.tʁa/	limitera /li.mi.tʁa/	limiterons /li.mi.tʁɔ̃/	limiterez /li.mi.tʁe/	limiteront /li.mi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	limiterais /li.mi.tʁɛ/	limiterais /li.mi.tʁɛ/	limiterait /li.mi.tʁɛ/	limiterions /li.mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	limiteriez /li.mi.tə.ʁje/	limiteraient /li.mi.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	limite /li.mit/	limites /li.mit/	limite /li.mit/	limitions /li.mi.tjɔ̃/	limitiez /li.mi.tje/	limitent /li.mit/
	imperfect2	limitasse /li.mi.tas/	limitasses /li.mi.tas/	limitât /li.mi.ta/	limitassions /li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/	limitassiez /li.mi.ta.sje/	limitassent /li.mi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	limite /li.mit/	—	limitons /li.mi.tɔ̃/	limitez /li.mi.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “limiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• militer

Ladin

Verb

limiter

1. to limit

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of limiter (first conjugation)

infinitive	limiter, limité
auxiliary verb	avei		gerund		limitan
past participle	limité
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	limite, limiteie	limites, limiteies	limita, limiteia, limitea	limiton	limiteis	limita, limiteia
imperfect	limitove	limitoves	limitova	limitovan	limitovais	limitova
future	limitaré	limitaras	limitarà	limitaron	limitareis	limitarà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	limite, limiteie	limites, limiteies	limite, limiteie	limiton	limiteis	limite
imperfect	limitasse	limitasses	limitassa	limitassan	limitassais	limitassa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	limita, limiteia	—	limiton	limitede	—

Latin

Verb

līmiter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līmitō