limousine
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌlɪməˈziːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]limousine (plural limousines)
- An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
- An automobile with such a body. [from 1902]
- Synonym: limo (slang)
- A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]
- Synonym: limo (slang)
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
- It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
- An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses. [from 1959]
- Synonym: shuttle
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- limousine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “limousine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French limousine or English limousine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]limousine (plural limousines)
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French limousine.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌli.muˈzi.nə/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌli.moːˈzi.nə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
Noun
[edit]limousine f (plural limousines)
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /li.mu.zin/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]limousine f (plural limousines)
- (fashion) traditional woolen cloak from Haute-Vienne
- (automotive) limousine, luxury car
- Synonym: berline
- (zoology) limousin (cattle breed)
Descendants
[edit]Adjective
[edit]limousine
References
[edit]- ^ Etymology and history of “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043942/http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/Merci-Professeur/p-17081-Berline-et-limousine.htm
Further reading
[edit]- “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French limousine.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne
Noun
[edit]limousine f (plural limousines)
- Alternative spelling of limusine
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]limousine c
- a limousine (luxury sedan)
Declension
[edit]Declension of limousine | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | limousine | limousinen | limousiner | limousinerna |
Genitive | limousines | limousinens | limousiners | limousinernas |
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- en:Vehicles
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- Rhymes:Dutch/inə
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- nl:Vehicles
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