limen

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3) threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
2. (declension-3) lintel
3. (declension-3) threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
4. (declension-3) house, home, abode, dwelling
5. (declension-3) beginning, commencement
6. (declension-3) end, termination

Teenoorgestelde van

abitus, fīnis

Sinonieme

initium

principium

exordium

inceptum

coeptus

initus

Vertalings

threshold

Schwelle

sill

soleira

seuil

dorpel

umbral

soglia

limiar

llindar

doorway

doorstep

opening

onset

commencement

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈliː.mɛn]

Etimologie (Engels)

Likely related to līmus (“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.