lim

Symbol

lim

1. (mathematics) limit
2. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Limburgish.

Noun

lim (plural lims)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of limb
   • 1679, Thomas May (translator), Lucans Pharsalia: or, the Civil Wars of Rome, book 4, page 115:

     […] ſhe ſees his lims with ſweating ſpent, / And his neck dry’d, as when he did ſuſtaine / The heavens: […]

See also

• lim sup

Anagrams

• ILM, Mil, MLI, MIL, mil, mil.

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse lím.

Etymology 2

References

• “lim” in Den Danske Ordbog

Noun

lim

1. indefinite accusative singular of limur

Verb

lim

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Noun

lim

1. indefinite accusative singular of limur
2. indefinite dative singular of limur

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlim/
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: lim

Noun

lim m inan

1. (rare, dated) glue

   Synonym: klej

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “klej”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “klej”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “lim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Noun

lim m (plural lims)

1. limit

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lím.

Etymology 2

References

• “lim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n (definite singular limet, indefinite plural lim, definite plural lima)

1. glue, paste (adhesive)

References

• “lim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lím.

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *limu, probably related to *liþu- (whence liþ). Cognate with Old Norse limr.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-. Cognate with Middle Dutch līm (Dutch lijm), Old High German līm (German Leim), Old Norse lím (Swedish lim). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin līmus (“mud”).

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lim”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲimʲ/

Pronoun

lim

1. first-person singular of la

Etymology

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [léɪm], [lǿʏm]

Noun

lim m

1. limb

Etymology

From Middle High German līm.

Noun

lȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏м)

1. sheet metal
2. (by extension, hyponym, Croatia) tinplate
3. (by extension, regional, Croatia) tin (silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50)

   Synonym: (Croatia) kositar

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьlьmъ.

Noun

lìm m inan

1. elm (tree of the genus Ulmus)

   Synonym: brest (more common)

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

1. glue

Further reading

• lim in Svensk ordbok.
• lim in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• mil, mil.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]

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Noun

(classifier cây) lim • (林, 菻, 󱥷, 󱕨)

1. kind of fine timber native to Vietnam (Erythrophleum fordii)

Noun

lim (nominative plural lims)

1. limb