limb

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
2. A branch of a tree.
3. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
5. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
2. (transitive) To supply with limbs.
3. (transitive) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs

Concepts

membre

limbe

branche

bras

jambe

🦵

main

✋

rameau

terme

ajutage

grosse branche

bord

démembrer

épaule

Synonymes

member

branch

bough

twig

extremity

leg

🦵

arm

foot

🦶

tree branch

dismember

edge

section

brim

body

small branch

end

🔚

verge

dial

fellow

flank

foreleg

fringe

inclusion

ingredient

initiate

instalment

joint

leaf

ledge

limbo

limbus

lip

lot

marge

margin

melody

moiety

movement

neb

offshoot

organ

pad

parcel

passage

paw

peak

piece

portion

radius

rim

Traductions

Glied

membro

arto

miembro

membro

lidmaat

extremidad

🔚

lid

Gliedmaße

Ast

braço

tak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɪm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lyme

Hérité de ancien anglais: lim

Appartenant à vieux norrois: limr

In summary

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”).
The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.