lime

See also: limé and līme

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪm/
  • Rhymes: -aɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz. Cognate with Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Dutch lijm, German Leim; Latin limus (“mud”).

Noun

lime (countable and uncountable, plural limes)

  1. (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
    • 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 149.
      Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations.
  2. (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
      Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Wordsworth
      Like the lime that foolish birds are caught with.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb

lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

  1. (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
  2. (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
    1. (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
  3. (transitive) To apply limewash.
Translations

Etymology 2

Avenue of limes (Tilia) in Prague.

An alteration of line, a variant form of lind.

Noun

lime (plural limes)

  1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree, or its wood.
    • 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 3
      she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows of limes, whose shadows touched each other.
Usage notes
  • Both this and the citrus are trees with fragrant flowers, but this is more temperate and the citrus is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more common
Translations

Etymology 3

Avocados and limes.

From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة‎ (līma), from Persian لیمو‎ (līmū).

Noun

lime (plural limes)

  1. Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
  2. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
  3. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
    lime colour:  
    web lime colour:  
Usage notes

Both this and the linden are trees with fragrant flowers, but the linden is more temperate and this is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, this sense is much more common.

Derived terms
Translations
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Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     white      gray, grey      black      brown
             pink              red ; crimson              orange              yellow ; cream
             lime              green                           cyan ; teal
             azure, sky blue              blue              violet ; indigo              magenta ; purple

Adjective

lime (not comparable)

  1. Containing lime or lime juice.
  2. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
  3. Lime-green.
Translations

Etymology 4

Back-formation from limer.

Verb

lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

  1. (West Indies) To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.

Etymology 5

Noun

lime (plural limes)

  1. Alternative form of lyam (a leash)
Derived terms

Etymology 6

From lime (the fruit) as comparable to lemon (a more explicit rating in anime).

Noun

lime (plural limes)

  1. (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

lime c (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime or limes)

  1. lime (fruit)

Inflection

Verb

lime (imperative lim, infinitive at lime, present tense limer, past tense limede, perfect tense har limet)

  1. to glue

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlime/
  • Hyphenation: li‧me

Noun

lime

  1. lime (citrus tree and its fruit)

Usage notes

This word is now more common than limetti but still regarded as less correct by, for example, the Kielitoimiston sanakirja. Some inflected forms are indeed quite awkward to use.

Declension

Inflection of lime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative lime limet
genitive limen limejen
partitive limeä limejä
illative limeen limeihin
singular plural
nominative lime limet
accusative nom. lime limet
gen. limen
genitive limen limejen
limeinrare
partitive limeä limejä
inessive limessä limeissä
elative limestä limeistä
illative limeen limeihin
adessive limellä limeillä
ablative limeltä limeiltä
allative limelle limeille
essive limenä limeinä
translative limeksi limeiksi
instructive — limein
abessive limettä limeittä
comitative — limeineen

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lim/
  • audio (une lime)(file)

Etymology 1

From Latin līma.

Noun

lime f (plural limes)

  1. file (tool)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة‎ (līma).

Noun

lime f (plural limes)

  1. lime (fruit, tree)
Synonyms

Anagrams

Further reading

Galician

Verb

lime

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of limar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.me/

Etymology 1

Noun

lime f pl

  1. plural of lima

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English.

Noun

lime m (invariable)

  1. lime (citrus tree)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.me/, [ˈliː.mɛ]

Noun

līme

  1. vocative singular of līmus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lim.

Noun

lime

  1. Alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

Etymology 2

From Old English līm.

Noun

lime

  1. Alternative form of lyme (“quicklime”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Persian لیمو‎ (līmū), via Arabic لِيمَة‎ (līma), Spanish lima, and English lime

Noun

lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limer, definite plural limene)

  1. a lime (citrus fruit)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse líma

Verb

lime (imperative lim, present tense limer, passive limes, simple past lima or limet or limte, past participle lima or limet or limt, present participle limende)

  1. to glue or paste (something)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Persian لیمو‎ (līmū), via Arabic لِيمَة‎ (līma), Spanish lima, and English lime

Noun

lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limar, definite plural limane)

  1. a lime (citrus fruit)

Synonyms

  • limett

References

Portuguese

Verb

lime

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of limar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of limar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of limar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of limar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlime/

Verb

lime

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of limar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of limar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of limar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of limar.
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