limb

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• /lɪm/
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• rhymes with -ɪm
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• homophone: limn
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• homophone: Lymm
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Variant of Lum.

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.

From Latin limbus (“border”).

177 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ledemaat — major appendage of human or animal
• Albanian: gjymtyrë — major appendage of human or animal
• Arabic: طَرَف (ṭaraf) — major appendage of human or animal
• Arabic: عُضْو (ʕuḍw) — major appendage of human or animal
• Arabic: طرف (ṭaraf) — major appendage of human or animal
• Arabic: عضو (ʕoḍu) — major appendage of human or animal
• Armenian: անդամ (andam) — major appendage of human or animal
• Aromanian: mãdular — major appendage of human or animal
• Azerbaijani: üzv — major appendage of human or animal
• Azerbaijani: ətraf — major appendage of human or animal
• Bashkir: ағза (ağza) — major appendage of human or animal
• Belarusian: канцаві́на (kancavína) — major appendage of human or animal
• Bengali: অঙ্গ (oṅgo) — major appendage of human or animal
• Breton: ezel — major appendage of human or animal
• Bulgarian: кра́йник (krájnik) — major appendage of human or animal
• Burmese: အင်္ဂါ (angga) — major appendage of human or animal
• Catalan: membre — major appendage of human or animal
• Chamicuro: ilapa — major appendage of human or animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 肢 (zhī) — major appendage of human or animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 手腳 /手脚 (shǒujiǎo) — major appendage of human or animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 四肢 (sìzhī) — major appendage of human or animal
• Czech: končetina — major appendage of human or animal
• Czech: úd — major appendage of human or animal
• Danish: lem — major appendage of human or animal
• Dhivehi: އަނގުން (angun̊) — major appendage of human or animal
• Dutch: lid — major appendage of human or animal
• Dutch: lidmaat — major appendage of human or animal
• Dutch: ledemaat — major appendage of human or animal
• Esperanto: membro — major appendage of human or animal
• Estonian: jäse — major appendage of human or animal
• Finnish: raaja — major appendage of human or animal
• Finnish: jäsen — major appendage of human or animal
• French: membre — major appendage of human or animal
• French: extrémité — major appendage of human or animal
• Galician: extremidade — major appendage of human or animal
• Galician: membro — major appendage of human or animal
• Georgian: კიდური (ḳiduri) — major appendage of human or animal
• Georgian: ასო (aso) — major appendage of human or animal
• German: Glied — major appendage of human or animal
• German: Gliedmaße — major appendage of human or animal
• German: Extremitäten — major appendage of human or animal
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (liþus) — major appendage of human or animal
• Greek: μέλος (mélos) — major appendage of human or animal
• Ancient Greek: κῶλον (kôlon) — major appendage of human or animal
• Ancient Greek: μέλος (mélos) — major appendage of human or animal
• Hebrew: גַּף (gaf) — major appendage of human or animal
• Hindi: अंग (aṅg) — major appendage of human or animal
• Hungarian: végtag — major appendage of human or animal
• Icelandic: útlimur — major appendage of human or animal
• Icelandic: limur — major appendage of human or animal
• Indonesian: anggota — major appendage of human or animal
• Irish: géag — major appendage of human or animal
• Italian: membra — major appendage of human or animal
• Italian: arto — major appendage of human or animal
• Italian: tentacolo — major appendage of human or animal
• Japanese: 肢 (shi) — major appendage of human or animal
• Japanese: 手足 (teashi) — major appendage of human or animal
• Kazakh: аяқ-қол (aäq-qol) — major appendage of human or animal
• Khmer: អង្គ (ʔɑŋ) — major appendage of human or animal
• Korean: 팔 (pal) — major appendage of human or animal
• Korean: 팔다리 (paldari) — major appendage of human or animal
• Korean: 사지 (saji) — major appendage of human or animal
• Korean: 지 (ji) — major appendage of human or animal
• Kyrgyz: кол-аяк (kol-ayak) — major appendage of human or animal
• Lao: ອົງ (ʼong) — major appendage of human or animal
• Latin: membrum — major appendage of human or animal
• Latin: artus — major appendage of human or animal
• Latin: articulus — major appendage of human or animal
• Latvian: loceklis — major appendage of human or animal
• Lithuanian: galūnė — major appendage of human or animal
• Macedonian: екстремите́т (ekstremitét) — major appendage of human or animal
• Macedonian: член (člen) — major appendage of human or animal
• Macedonian: крак (krak) — major appendage of human or animal
• Mongolian: үе (üje) — major appendage of human or animal
• Mongolian: мөч (möč) — major appendage of human or animal
• Navajo: atsʼáozʼaʼ — major appendage of human or animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: lem — major appendage of human or animal
• Ojibwe: wadikwan — major appendage of human or animal
• Old Church Slavonic: оудъ (udŭ) — major appendage of human or animal
• Old English: liþ — major appendage of human or animal
• Old English: lim — major appendage of human or animal
• Persian: اندام (andâm) — major appendage of human or animal
• Polish: kończyna — major appendage of human or animal
• Polish: odnoga — major appendage of human or animal
• Portuguese: membro — major appendage of human or animal
• Punjabi: ਅੰਗ (aṅga) — major appendage of human or animal
• Romanian: mădular — major appendage of human or animal
• Romanian: ciolan — major appendage of human or animal
• Romanian: membru — major appendage of human or animal
• Russian: коне́чность (konéčnostʹ) — major appendage of human or animal
• Russian: член (člen) — major appendage of human or animal
• Sanskrit: अङ्ग (aṅga) — major appendage of human or animal
• Scottish Gaelic: geug — major appendage of human or animal
• Serbo-Croatian: уд — major appendage of human or animal
• Serbo-Croatian: ud — major appendage of human or animal
• Slovak: končatina — major appendage of human or animal
• Slovene: okončina — major appendage of human or animal
• Spanish: miembro — major appendage of human or animal
• Spanish: extremidad — major appendage of human or animal
• Swedish: lem — major appendage of human or animal
• Tagalog: galamay — major appendage of human or animal
• Tajik: андом (andom) — major appendage of human or animal
• Tatar: әгъза (äğza) — major appendage of human or animal
• Thai: แขนขา (kɛ̌ɛn kǎa) — major appendage of human or animal
• Thai: องค์ (ong) — major appendage of human or animal
• Tocharian B: āmpär — major appendage of human or animal
• Turkish: uzuv — major appendage of human or animal
• Turkmen: çlen — major appendage of human or animal
• Turkmen: agza — major appendage of human or animal
• Ukrainian: кінці́вка (kincívka) — major appendage of human or animal
• Urdu: انگ (ang) — major appendage of human or animal
• Uzbek: aʼzo — major appendage of human or animal
• Uzbek: qoʻl-oyoqlar — major appendage of human or animal
• Vietnamese: chi — major appendage of human or animal
• Vietnamese: but see chân tay — major appendage of human or animal
• Vietnamese: tay chân — major appendage of human or animal
• Vietnamese: chân — major appendage of human or animal
• Vietnamese: tay — major appendage of human or animal
• Yiddish: אבֿר (eyver) — major appendage of human or animal
• Arabic: فرع (farʕ) — branch of a tree
• Bulgarian: клон (klon) — branch of a tree
• Bulgarian: вейка (vejka) — branch of a tree
• Czech: větev — branch of a tree
• Finnish: haara — branch of a tree
• Finnish: puunhaara — branch of a tree
• French: branche — branch of a tree
• Galician: galla — branch of a tree
• Galician: póla — branch of a tree
• Galician: nembro — branch of a tree
• German: Ast — branch of a tree
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (asts) — branch of a tree
• Ancient Greek: κλάδος (kládos) — branch of a tree
• Hebrew: עָנָף — branch of a tree
• Icelandic: grein — branch of a tree
• Ido: brancho — branch of a tree
• Irish: géag — branch of a tree
• Latin: rāmus — branch of a tree
• Latin: termes — branch of a tree
• Māori: kauwhanga — branch of a tree
• Navajo: atsʼáozʼaʼ — branch of a tree
• Navajo: bigaan — branch of a tree
• Portuguese: galho — branch of a tree
• Russian: сук (suk) — branch of a tree
• Russian: сучо́к (sučók) — branch of a tree
• Russian: ветвь (vetvʹ) — branch of a tree
• Russian: ве́тка (vétka) — branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: geug — branch of a tree
• Spanish: rama — branch of a tree
• Swedish: gren — branch of a tree
• Tocharian B: karāk — branch of a tree
• Vietnamese: cành — branch of a tree
• Bulgarian: рамо (ramo) — part of bow
• French: branche — part of bow
• Portuguese: braço — part of bow
• French: limbe — apparent visual edge
• Irish: ciumhais — apparent visual edge
• Polish: brzeg tarczy — apparent visual edge
• Portuguese: limbo — apparent visual edge
• French: limbe — graduated edge
• Bulgarian: разчленявам (razčlenjavam) — to remove limbs
• Bulgarian: разчленя (razčlenja) — to remove limbs
• Chinese Mandarin: 支解 (zhījiě) — to remove limbs
• Finnish: karsia — to remove limbs
• Finnish: rankoa — to remove limbs
• French: démembrer — to remove limbs
• German: zergliedern — to remove limbs
• Ingrian: karsia — to remove limbs
• Japanese: 切り放す (kirihanasu) — to remove limbs
• Macedonian: обесчле́нува (obesčlénuva) — to remove limbs
• Polish: usunąć gałęzie — to remove limbs
• Polish: ścinać gałęzie — to remove limbs
• Polish: rozczłonkowywać — to remove limbs
• Portuguese: desmembrar — to remove limbs
• Portuguese: desgalhar — to remove limbs
• Russian: расчленя́ть (rasčlenjátʹ) — to remove limbs
• Russian: расчлени́ть (rasčlenítʹ) — to remove limbs
• Swedish: kvista — to remove limbs