lime
English
/laɪm/
noun
Definitions
- (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lyme (limb, quicklime) inherited from Old English līm inherited from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*līmaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Limedale English
- Limeyland English
- belime English
- bird English
- birdlime English
- brook English
- brooklime English
- dale English
- delime English
- disease English
- juice English
- kiln English
- light English
- limb English
- lime disease English
- lime-twig English
- lime-twigged English
- limeade English
- limejuice English
- limekiln English
- limeless English
- limelight English
- limelighter English
- limelike English
- limerod English
- limescale English
- limescaled English
- limestone English
- limetwig English
- limewash English
- limewater English
- limewood English
- limeworks English
- limey English
- limeyard English
- liminess English
- limy English
- makrut lime English
- nitrolime English
- overlime English
- quick English
- quicklime English
- relime English
- rod English
- scale English
- stone English
- twig English
- unlime English
- wash English
- water English
- white English
- whitelime English
- wood English
- works English
- yard English
- limus Latin
- līma Latin
- Leim German
- houtlijm Dutch, Flemish
- lijm Dutch, Flemish
- lijmen Dutch, Flemish
- lijmerig Dutch, Flemish
- vislijm Dutch, Flemish
- lime French
- limer French
- limette French
- limon French
- lima Spanish, Castilian
- limo Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ley- Proto-Indo-European
- lim Norwegian Bokmål
- *līmaz Proto-Germanic
- lim Swedish
- ライム Japanese
- lim Norwegian Nynorsk
- lim Old English
- līm Old English
- lime-twig Middle English
- limȝerd Middle English
- lyme Middle English
- lymrod Middle English
- quyk lym Middle English
- líoma Irish
- lím Old Norse
- lim Danish
- ليم Arabic
- لَيْمُون Arabic
- لِيمَة Arabic
- มะกรูด Thai
- lem Indonesian
- lijm Middle Dutch
- līm Old High German
- lym Afrikaans
- līm Middle High German
- Läim Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- liim Estonian
- *līm Old Dutch
- 萊姆 Chinese
- lima cuahuitl Classical Nahuatl
- līm Old Swedish
- 라임 Korean
- *limo Proto-Italic
- ļaim̧ Marshallese
- ļaim̧in Marshallese
- lim Old Danish
- لِيمَة Andalusian Arabic
- ríma Huichol
- laim Samoan Plantation Pidgin
- rod
- limy
- yard
- dale
- wood
- bird
- limb
- twig
- kiln
- wash
- scale
- light
- water
- white
- works
- brook
- limey
- stone
- quick
- juice
- unlime
- belime
- relime
- delime
- limeade
- disease
- limerod
- limelike
- limeyard
- limewash
- birdlime
- liminess
- limeless
- limekiln
- Limedale
- overlime
- limetwig
- limewood
- limelight
- lime-twig
- whitelime
- limestone
- limejuice
- brooklime
- Limeyland
- limeworks
- nitrolime
- quicklime
- limewater
- limescale
- limescaled
- makrut lime
- limelighter
- lime disease
- lime-twigged