limo

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See also: Limo, limó, limò, and līmõ

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of limousine.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.məʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.moʊ/
  • Audio (AU)
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  • Rhymes: -ɪməʊ

Noun[edit]

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

Translations[edit]

limousine — see limousine

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Noun[edit]

limo (plural limo's)

  1. Clipping of limousine.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

limo

  1. lemon.

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

limo f (plural limo's)

  1. (informal) Clipping of limousine.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

limo f (plural limo's)

  1. (Netherlands, informal) Clipping of limonade.

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English limit, Italian limite.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. limit, boundary
    • 1997, Gerrit Berveling, transl., La Sankta Biblio‎[1], Germana Esperanto-Asocio, 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. border (of a country)

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

limo

  1. Synonym of juhannuskoivu.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of limo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative limo limot
genitive limon limojen
partitive limoa limoja
illative limoon limoihin
singular plural
nominative limo limot
accusative nom. limo limot
gen. limon
genitive limon limojen
partitive limoa limoja
inessive limossa limoissa
elative limosta limoista
illative limoon limoihin
adessive limolla limoilla
ablative limolta limoilta
allative limolle limoille
essive limona limoina
translative limoksi limoiksi
instructive — limoin
abessive limotta limoitta
comitative — limoineen
Possessive forms of limo (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person limoni limomme
2nd person limosi limonne
3rd person limonsa

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

limo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

limo m (plural limi)

  1. mud, slime
  2. silt

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

limo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of limare

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From līma (“a file, rasp”).

Verb[edit]

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

  1. I sharpen.
  2. I file, file off.
  3. I polish, finish.
  4. (figuratively) I investigate accurately.
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of līmō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līmō līmās līmat līmāmus līmātis līmant
imperfect līmābam līmābās līmābat līmābāmus līmābātis līmābant
future līmābō līmābis līmābit līmābimus līmābitis līmābunt
perfect līmāvī līmāvistī līmāvit līmāvimus līmāvistis līmāvērunt, līmāvēre
pluperfect līmāveram līmāverās līmāverat līmāverāmus līmāverātis līmāverant
future perfect līmāverō līmāveris līmāverit līmāverimus līmāveritis līmāverint
passive present līmor līmāris, līmāre līmātur līmāmur līmāminī līmantur
imperfect līmābar līmābāris, līmābāre līmābātur līmābāmur līmābāminī līmābantur
future līmābor līmāberis, līmābere līmābitur līmābimur līmābiminī līmābuntur
perfect līmātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect līmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect līmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līmem līmēs līmet līmēmus līmētis līment
imperfect līmārem līmārēs līmāret līmārēmus līmārētis līmārent
perfect līmāverim līmāverīs līmāverit līmāverīmus līmāverītis līmāverint
pluperfect līmāvissem līmāvissēs līmāvisset līmāvissēmus līmāvissētis līmāvissent
passive present līmer līmēris, līmēre līmētur līmēmur līmēminī līmentur
imperfect līmārer līmārēris, līmārēre līmārētur līmārēmur līmārēminī līmārentur
perfect līmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect līmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — līmā — — līmāte —
future — līmātō līmātō — līmātōte līmantō
passive present — līmāre — — līmāminī —
future — līmātor līmātor — — līmantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives līmāre līmāvisse līmātūrum esse līmārī līmātum esse līmātum īrī
participles līmāns — līmātūrus — līmātus līmandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
līmandī līmandō līmandum līmandō līmātum līmātū
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • French: limer
  • Galician: limar
  • Italian: limare
  • Piedmontese: limé
  • Portuguese: limar
  • Spanish: limar

Etymology 2[edit]

From līmus (“mud, slime”).

Verb[edit]

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

  1. I besmirch.
  2. I bespatter with mud.
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of līmō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līmō līmās līmat līmāmus līmātis līmant
imperfect līmābam līmābās līmābat līmābāmus līmābātis līmābant
future līmābō līmābis līmābit līmābimus līmābitis līmābunt
perfect līmāvī līmāvistī līmāvit līmāvimus līmāvistis līmāvērunt, līmāvēre
pluperfect līmāveram līmāverās līmāverat līmāverāmus līmāverātis līmāverant
future perfect līmāverō līmāveris līmāverit līmāverimus līmāveritis līmāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līmem līmēs līmet līmēmus līmētis līment
imperfect līmārem līmārēs līmāret līmārēmus līmārētis līmārent
perfect līmāverim līmāverīs līmāverit līmāverīmus līmāverītis līmāverint
pluperfect līmāvissem līmāvissēs līmāvisset līmāvissēmus līmāvissētis līmāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — līmā — — līmāte —
future — līmātō līmātō — līmātōte līmantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives līmāre līmāvisse līmātūrum esse — — —
participles līmāns — līmātūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
līmandī līmandō līmandum līmandō līmātum līmātū
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • limo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to polish, finish a work with the greatest care: perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opus

Minangkabau[edit]

Minangkabau cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : limo
    Ordinal : kalimo

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

limo

  1. five

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

limo n

  1. (colloquial) black eye
    Synonym: podkowa

Declension[edit]

declension of limo
singular plural
nominative limo lima
genitive lima lim
dative limu limom
accusative limo lima
instrumental limem limami
locative limie limach
vocative limo lima

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

limo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of limar

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

limo m (plural limos)

  1. mud, slime, silt
    Synonyms: barro, lodo

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

limo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of limar.

Tiruray[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

limo

  1. five

West Coast Bajau[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

limo

  1. five
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