lime

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)   Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
 * 2)  Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
 * 3)  A spotlight.
 * 1)  A spotlight.
 * 1)  A spotlight.
 * 1)  A spotlight.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kalk
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: جِير
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: əhəng
 * Belarusian: вапна
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: вар
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: apog
 * Chechen: кир
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: kálk
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τίτανος
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: apug
 * Hiligaynon: apog
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingush: кӏир
 * Irish: aol
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: قسڵ, ئاھەک
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Ladin: ciauc
 * Latin: calx
 * Latvian:
 * Laz: კირი
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: ġir
 * Mansaka: apog
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kalk
 * Nynorsk: kalk
 * Occitan:
 * Ossetian:
 * Digor: къирӕ
 * Iron: чъыр
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Kaulkj
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: isku
 * Romanian: oxid de calciu,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, pirali
 * Tajik: оҳак
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: kalk
 * Zulu:


 * Catalan: envescada
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Latin: viscum
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: fågellim


 * Albanian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese:
 * Logudorese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
 * 2)  To smear with birdlime.
 * 3)  To ensnare, catch, entrap.
 * 4)  To apply limewash.
 * 1)  To apply limewash.
 * 1)  To apply limewash.
 * 1)  To apply limewash.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: варосвам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vápnit
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: aol
 * Macedonian: варосува
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: разбра́сывать и́звесть
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kireçlemek


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sivellä lintuliimalla
 * Latin: invisco
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: kalka
 * Malayalam: കുമ്മായം പൂശുക
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: kireç sıvamak

Etymology 2
(17th c.) and (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete, from , from , from. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before, the change to -m- before labials as in or ). , which see.

Noun

 * 1) A deciduous tree of the genus, especially ; the linden tree.
 * 2) The wood of this tree.
 * 1) The wood of this tree.

Usage notes
Both this and the citrus are trees with fragrant flowers, but this is more temperate and the citrus is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more common

Etymology 3
From, from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
 * 2) Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime,.
 * 3)  A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
 * 4)  A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with ).
 * 1)  A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with ).
 * 1)  A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with ).

Usage notes
Both this and the linden are trees with fragrant flowers, but the linden is more temperate and this is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, this sense is much more common.

Hypernyms

 * fruit

Translations

 * Afrikaans: lemmetjie
 * Arabic: لَيْم, بَنْزَهِير
 * Egyptian Arabic:, , ,
 * Hijazi Arabic: بنزهير, ليم
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܲܝܡܵܐ
 * Asturian:
 * Belarusian: лайм
 * Belizean Creole: laim
 * Brunei Malay: limau nipis
 * Bulgarian: лайм
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 青檸
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Cornish: limaval
 * Czech:, limeta
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: limeo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: ლაიმი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, súraldin
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: líoma
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಲಿಂಬೆ
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 라임
 * Lao: ຫມາກນາວ
 * Latvian: laims
 * Lithuanian: žalioji citrina, laimas
 * Macedonian: лиме́та
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ചെറുനാരങ്ങ
 * Maltese:
 * Nahuatl: limaxōcotl
 * Navajo: chʼil dootłʼizhí díkʼǫ́zhígíí
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lime
 * Polish:, limeta,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: limetă, lămâie verde
 * Russian:, ла́йма, зелёный лимо́н
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лимета
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: දෙහි
 * Slovene: limeta
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swahili:, dimu
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: лайм
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: limoenenboom
 * Esperanto: limeo, limeujo, limearbo
 * Evenki:
 * Finnish: limettipuu,
 * French:, citronnier vert
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic: límónutré
 * Irish: crann líomaí
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese:
 * Nahuatl: limacuahuitl
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: limetă
 * Russian:, ла́йма
 * Slovene: limetovec
 * Spanish: limero
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: lim ağacı


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: limoengeel,
 * Finnish: limenvihreä,
 * Icelandic: gulgrænn
 * Irish: uaine líoma, glas líoma
 * Japanese: 黄緑色, ライム色
 * Macedonian: светложо́лто-зеле́нкаста
 * Maltese: lajm
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: verde-lima
 * Russian: жё̀лто-зелё́ный
 * Turkish: lim rengi, lim yeşili


 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:,  ,   (3),   (4), (color de) lima (5),

Adjective

 * 1) Containing lime or lime juice.
 * 2) Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
 * 3) Lime-green.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: limetti-
 * French:
 * German: Limetten-
 * Polish: limonowy
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: limetin
 * Spanish: de lima
 * Turkish: limli, lim sulu
 * Ukrainian: ла́ймовий
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: limetinmakuinen
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: limetast
 * Turkish: limli, lim aromalı

Etymology 4
Back-formation from.

Verb

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

Noun

 * 1)  A casual gathering to socialize.

Etymology
.

Numeral

 * 1) five

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  fruit

Etymology 2
From the noun.

Verb

 * 1) to glue

Numeral

 * 1) five

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  lime citrus tree and its fruit
 * 2) lime or lemon juice as part of a cocktail
 * 1) lime or lemon juice as part of a cocktail

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) file (tool)

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  fruit, tree

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)  (citrus tree)

Noun

 * 1)  small green citrus fruit
 * 2) hangout, get-together social gathering
 * 1) hangout, get-together social gathering
 * 1) hangout, get-together social gathering

Verb

 * 1) hang out
 * 2) dawdle, idle

Etymology 1
From, via , , and.

Noun

 * 1) a

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1) to glue or paste (something)

Related terms

 * (noun)

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to glue

Etymology 2
Borrowed from. From, via.

Noun

 * 1)  a
 * 2)  lime juice

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) a besom, broom

Noun

 * 1) a  (fruit)
 * 2) lime juice
 * 1) lime juice