lime

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
2. (countable, poetic, uncountable) Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
3. (countable, uncountable) A limelight; any spotlight.

Verb

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

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Containing lime or lime juice.
2. (not-comparable) Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
3. (not-comparable) Lime-green.

Verb

To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.

Conceptes

llima

calç

tell

til·ler

llimó

llimona

🍋

vesc

llimona dolça

llimonera

🍋

òxid de calci

hidròxid de calci

calcina

tiŀler

Sinònims

calcium

linden

chalk

lemon

🍋

lime tree

birdlime

whitewash

quicklime

limestone

basswood

slaked lime

calcium oxide

mortar

calcium hydroxide

caustic lime

citron

linden tree

unslaked lime

citrus

Citrus aurantifolia

calx

burnt lime

basswood

calcareous

citrus fruit

lime hydrate

limy

plaster

calcium hydrate

hydrated lime

Tilia

calcined lime

fluxing lime

key lime

linden

linden-tree

mistletoe

cement

negus

oblate

lime cordial

catechu

quick lime

calcimine

tartar

unquenchable

calcify

calciferous

bird-lime

limescale

Traduccions

chaux

Kalk

tilleul

lima

cal

tiglio

calce

lima

lime

Limone

Limette

Linde

kalk

limetta

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/laɪm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lyme

Heretat de anglès antic: līm

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Liem

Cognat amb neerlandès: lijm

Cognat amb alemany: Leim

Cognat amb danès: lim

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: lím

Cognat amb llatí: limus

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lynde

Heretat de anglès antic: lind

In summary

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm, German Leim (“glue”), Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Latin limus (“mud”).