lime

English

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /laɪm/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aɪm

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English līm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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. (deprecated template usage) (chemistry) A general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.
   • 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. (deprecated template usage) (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

terms derived from lime (noun) alkali substance

• chloride of lime
• delime
• limekiln
• limelight

• limelighter
• limescale
• limestone

• limewater
• limeworking
• quicklime
• slaked lime

• soda lime
• unslaked lime
• white lime

See also

Entries of interest

• asbestos
• calcareous
• calcify

• calcine
• calcium
• calcium hydroxide

• calcspar
• calc-tufa
• calculus

• calx
• chalk

Translations

inorganic material containing calcium

• Armenian: կիր (kir)
• Chechen: кир (kir)
• Dutch: lijm (nl)
• Faroese: kálk n
• Finnish: kalkki (fi)
• French: chaux (fr) f
• Georgian: კირი (ḳiri)
• German: Kalk (de) m
• Ingush: кир (kir)
• Irish: aol m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Laz: კირი (ǩiri)
• Ossetian:

  Digor: къирӕ (k’iræ)

  Iron: чъыр (ḱ’yr)

• Portuguese: cal (pt) f
• Romanian: oxid de calciu m, var (ro) n
• Russian: и́звесть (ru) f (ízvestʹ)
• Spanish: cal (es) f
• Turkish: kireç (tr)

gluey or adhesive substance

• Finnish: liisteri (fi), mönjä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: visco (pt) m, visgo (pt) m
• Swedish: fågellim n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} gëlqere f
• Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} ва́пна n (vápna)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} вар m (var)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} calç f, ^{(please verify)} calcina f (Algherese)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 石灰 (zh) (shíhuī)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} vápno (cs) n
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} kalk
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kalk (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} ongebluste kalk m, ^{(please verify)} calciumoxide m
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kalk (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} gebluste kalk m, ^{(please verify)} calciumhydroxide m, ^{(please verify)} calciumdihydroxide m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kalko
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} mész (hu)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} kalko (io)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} calce spenta f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} calce f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 石灰 (ja) (せっかい, sekkai)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} kaļķis (lv) m
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} вар f (var)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} گچ (fa) (gac)
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} wapno n, wapno niegaszone m
• (deprecated template usage) Polish: wodorotlenek wapnia
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} var (ro) m or f
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian:

  Logudorese Sardinian:

• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian:

  Logudorese Sardinian:

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} вапно n

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} vapno n

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} kalk (sv) c
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} släckt kalk c, ^{(please verify)} kalciumhydroxid
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} kalsiyum oksit
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} ва́пно (uk) n (vápno), ^{(please verify)} палене вапно (uk) n (palene vápno), ^{(please verify)} негашене вапно (uk) n (negashene vápno)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} гашене вапно (uk) n (gashene vápno)

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
   1. (deprecated template usage) (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
      • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1

        URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.

        HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps:

        Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

3. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To apply limewash

Translations

to treat with lime

• Czech: vápnit
• Dutch: logen (nl)
• Finnish: kalkita
• German: kalken
• Irish: aol
• Macedonian: варосува (varosuva)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: wapnowanie n
• Portuguese: caiar (pt)
• Romanian: vărui (ro)
• Russian: разбра́сывать и́звесть (razbrásyvatʹ ízvestʹ)
• Spanish: encalar
• Swedish: kalka

to smear with birdlime

• Finnish: sivellä lintuliimalla
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to apply limewash

• Finnish: kalkita
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

Avenue of limes (Tilia) in Prague.

An alteration of (deprecated template usage) line, a variant form of (deprecated template usage) lind.

Noun

lime (plural limes)

1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially ; the linden tree, or its wood.
   • 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Middlemarch […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):

     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.

Related terms

• linden

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

linden tree — see linden

Etymology 3

Avocados and limes.

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) lime, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) lima, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) ليمة (līma).

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, .
3. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.

   lime:  

   web lime:  

Derived terms

terms derived from lime

• key lime
• key lime pie
• lemon lime

• lemon and lime
• limeade
• lime-green

• lime juice
• lime-juicer
• limequat

• lime tree looper
• limey
• Persian lime

See also

terms of interest for lime (noun) fruit and color

• fur up
• gimlet

• lemon

• plaster
• sour

• Appendix:Colors

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

Translations

green citrus fruit

• Afrikaans: lemmetjie
• Arabic: لَيْم m (laym)

  Egyptian Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لمون m pl (lamon), ^{(please verify)} لمون بنزهير m pl (lamon banzahir), ^{(please verify)} ليم m pl (lim), ^{(please verify)} لمون اخضر m (lamon axḍar)

• Belarusian: лайм m (lajm)
• Burmese: သံပရာ (my) (sampa.ra)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} llima (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 青檸／青柠 (ceng¹ ning^4-2), 青柠 (ceng¹ ning^4-2)

  Mandarin: 萊檬／莱檬 (zh) (láiméng), 莱檬 (zh) (láiméng), 萊姆／莱姆 (zh) (láimǔ), 莱姆 (zh) (láimǔ)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} limeta f
• Danish: lime
• Dutch: limoen (nl) f
• Finnish: limetti (fi), lime (fi)
• French: lime (fr) f, limette (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Limone (de) f, Limette (de) f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ליים (laim)
• Hungarian: zöldcitrom
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} súraldin m, ^{(please verify)} límóna (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} nipis (id)
• Italian: lime (it) m, limetta (it) f
• Japanese: ライム (raimu)
• Korean: 라임 (raim)
• Lao: ຫມາກນາວ (māk nāo)
• Macedonian: лиме́та f (liméta)
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} limau nipis
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} lumiċell
• Navajo: chʼil dootłʼizhí díkʼǫ́zhígíí
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} lima (pl) f, ^{(please verify)} limeta f, ^{(please verify)} limonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lima (pt) f
• Romanian: limetă f, lămâie verde f
• Russian: лайм (ru) m (lajm), ла́йма f (lájma), зелёный лимо́н m (zeljónyj limón)
• Sinhalese: දෙහි (dehi)
• Spanish: lima (es) f
• Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} limo
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} lime (sv) c
• Thai: มะนาว (má-naao)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} lim (tr)
• Ukrainian: лайм m (lajm)

citrus tree

• Dutch: limoenenboom m
• Evenki: ^{(please verify)} kilden
• Finnish: limettipuu, limetti (fi)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Limone (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Limette (de) f
• Italian: limetta (it) f
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} лиме́та f (liméta)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} lumiċella
• Portuguese: limeira (pt) f
• Romanian: limetă f
• Russian: лайм (ru) m (lajm), ла́йма f (lájma)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} limero m

colour

• Dutch: limoengeel, limoengroen (nl)
• Finnish: limenvihreä, limetinvihreä
• Icelandic: gulgrænn
• Japanese: ライム色 (raimu iro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: светложо́лто-зеле́нкаста f (svetložólto-zelénkasta)
• Maltese: lajm
• Polish: żółtozielony m
• Portuguese: verde-lima m
• Russian: жёлто-зелёный m (žólto-zeljónyj) (цвет)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} citrono (io)
• Interlingua: (1) ^{(please verify)} lima, (2) ^{(please verify)} limiero, (vive) ^{(please verify)} calce (3), (extincte) ^{(please verify)} calce (4), (color de) lima (5), (6) ^{(please verify)} tilia

Adjective

lime (not comparable)

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

Translations

containing lime or lime juice

• Finnish: limetti- (fi)
• French: citron vert (fr)
• German: Limetten- (de)
• Polish: limonowy m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: ла́ймовый (lájmovyj)
• Spanish: de lima (es)
• Ukrainian: ла́ймовий (lájmovyj)
• Vietnamese: vôi (vi)

having the aroma or taste of lime

• Finnish: limetinmakuinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 4

Back-formation from (deprecated template usage) limer.

Verb

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

Etymology 5

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

Noun

lime (plural limes)

1. (deprecated template usage) (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

• Emil, mile

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Danish

Noun

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

1. lime (fruit)

Inflection

Declension of lime

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lime	limen	lime limes	limene
genitive	limes	limens	limes limes'	limenes

Verb

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

1. to glue

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈlime/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: li‧me

Noun

lime

1. lime (citrus fruit and its fruit)

Declension

Inflection of lime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		lime	limet
genitive		limen	limejen
partitive		limea	limeja
illative		limeen	limeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lime	limet
accusative	nom.	lime	limet
	gen.	limen
genitive		limen	limejen limein rare
partitive		limea	limeja
inessive		limessa	limeissa
elative		limesta	limeista
illative		limeen	limeihin
adessive		limella	limeilla
ablative		limelta	limeilta
allative		limelle	limeille
essive		limena	limeina
translative		limeksi	limeiksi
abessive		limetta	limeitta
instructive		—	limein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative limeni limeni accusative nom. limeni limeni gen. limeni genitive limeni limejeni limeini rare partitive limeani limejani inessive limessani limeissani elative limestani limeistani illative limeeni limeihini adessive limellani limeillani ablative limeltani limeiltani allative limelleni limeilleni essive limenani limeinani translative limekseni limeikseni abessive limettani limeittani instructive — — comitative — limeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative limesi limesi accusative nom. limesi limesi gen. limesi genitive limesi limejesi limeisi rare partitive limeasi limejasi inessive limessasi limeissasi elative limestasi limeistasi illative limeesi limeihisi adessive limellasi limeillasi ablative limeltasi limeiltasi allative limellesi limeillesi essive limenasi limeinasi translative limeksesi limeiksesi abessive limettasi limeittasi instructive — — comitative — limeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative limemme limemme accusative nom. limemme limemme gen. limemme genitive limemme limejemme limeimme rare partitive limeamme limejamme inessive limessamme limeissamme elative limestamme limeistamme illative limeemme limeihimme adessive limellamme limeillamme ablative limeltamme limeiltamme allative limellemme limeillemme essive limenamme limeinamme translative limeksemme limeiksemme abessive limettamme limeittamme instructive — — comitative — limeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative limenne limenne accusative nom. limenne limenne gen. limenne genitive limenne limejenne limeinne rare partitive limeanne limejanne inessive limessanne limeissanne elative limestanne limeistanne illative limeenne limeihinne adessive limellanne limeillanne ablative limeltanne limeiltanne allative limellenne limeillenne essive limenanne limeinanne translative limeksenne limeiksenne abessive limettanne limeittanne instructive — — comitative — limeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative limensa limensa accusative nom. limensa limensa gen. limensa genitive limensa limejensa limeinsa rare partitive limeaan limeansa limejaan limejansa inessive limessaan limessansa limeissaan limeissansa elative limestaan limestansa limeistaan limeistansa illative limeensa limeihinsa adessive limellaan limellansa limeillaan limeillansa ablative limeltaan limeltansa limeiltaan limeiltansa allative limelleen limellensa limeilleen limeillensa essive limenaan limenansa limeinaan limeinansa translative limekseen limeksensa limeikseen limeiksensa abessive limettaan limettansa limeittaan limeittansa instructive — — comitative — limeineen limeinensa

Usage notes

This word is regarded as incorrect by many. Some inflected forms are indeed quite awkward to use.

Synonyms

• limetti

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French

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  audio (une lime):

  (file)

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /lim/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin līma.

Noun

lime f (plural limes)

1. file (tool)

Derived terms

• lime à ongles
• limer

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) lima, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) ليمة (līma).

Noun

lime f (plural limes)

1. lime (fruit, tree)

Synonyms

• (fruit): limette

Anagrams

• miel
• mile

External links

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

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Galician

Verb

lime

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of limar
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular present subjunctive of limar

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Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

lime f

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of lima

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Noun

lime m (invariable)

1. lime (citrus tree)

Anagrams

• elmi, meli

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) līme

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) vocative singular of līmus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) lima, and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) lime

Noun

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

1. a lime (citrus fruit)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) 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)

Related terms

• lim (noun)

References

• “lime” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish, and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) lime

Noun

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

1. a lime (citrus fruit)

Synonyms

• limett

References

• “lime” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Verb

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Verb

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.