lime

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

lima

cal

tilo

limón

🍋

encalar

liga

limero

yeso

cítrico

citrón

tiza

Tilia

cal agrícola

enmiendas calciomagnésicas

enmiendas calizas

tilo americano

tilo de jojas grandes

tilo europeo

tilo plateado

citrus

abonar con cal

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

chaux

Kalk

tilleul

tiglio

calce

lime

lima

Linde

Limette

Limone

kalk

limetta

limoen

tília

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/laɪm/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: lyme

Heredado de inglés antiguo: līm

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Liem

Cognado con neerlandés: lijm

Cognado con alemán: Leim

Cognado con danés: lim

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: lím

Cognado con latín: limus

Heredado de inglés medio: lynde

Heredado de inglés antiguo: 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”).