lime

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Borrowed from French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lemon.

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 (“glue”), German Leim (“glue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lim (“glue”), Faroese and Icelandic lím (“glue”), Latin limus (“mud”).

Lime (17th c.) and line (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete lind, from Middle English lynde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindijō. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before tree, the change to -m- before labials as in bark or wood). Doublet of linden, which see.

Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2.

275 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: limetti- — containing lime or lime juice
• French: citron vert — containing lime or lime juice
• German: Limetten- — containing lime or lime juice
• Polish: limonowy — containing lime or lime juice
• Russian: ла́ймовый (lájmovyj) — containing lime or lime juice
• Slovene: limetin — containing lime or lime juice
• Spanish: de lima — containing lime or lime juice
• Turkish: limli — containing lime or lime juice
• Turkish: lim sulu — containing lime or lime juice
• Ukrainian: ла́ймовий (lájmovyj) — containing lime or lime juice
• Vietnamese: vôi — containing lime or lime juice
• Finnish: limetinmakuinen — having the aroma or taste of lime
• German: mit Limettenaroma — having the aroma or taste of lime
• German: mit Limettengeschmack — having the aroma or taste of lime
• Slovene: limetast — having the aroma or taste of lime
• Turkish: limli — having the aroma or taste of lime
• Turkish: lim aromalı — having the aroma or taste of lime
• Afrikaans: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Albanian: gëlqere — inorganic material containing calcium
• Arabic: جِير (jīr) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Aragonese: calso — inorganic material containing calcium
• Aragonese: calsina — inorganic material containing calcium
• Armenian: կիր (kir) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Asturian: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Azerbaijani: əhəng — inorganic material containing calcium
• Belarusian: вапна (vapna) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Bengali: চুন (cun) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Bhojpuri: चूना (cūnā) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Bulgarian: вар (var) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Catalan: calç — inorganic material containing calcium
• Cebuano: apog — inorganic material containing calcium
• Chechen: кир (kir) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Chinese Mandarin: 石灰 (shíhuī) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Corsican: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Czech: vápno — inorganic material containing calcium
• Danish: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Dutch: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Esperanto: kalko — inorganic material containing calcium
• Estonian: lubi — inorganic material containing calcium
• Estonian: paas — inorganic material containing calcium
• Extremaduran: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Faroese: kálk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Finnish: kalkki — inorganic material containing calcium
• French: chaux — inorganic material containing calcium
• West-Frisian: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Galician: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Georgian: კირი (ḳiri) — inorganic material containing calcium
• German: Kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Ancient Greek: τίτανος (títanos) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Hebrew: סִיד (sid) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Higaonon: apug — inorganic material containing calcium
• Hiligaynon: apog — inorganic material containing calcium
• Hindi: चूना (cūnā) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Hungarian: mész — inorganic material containing calcium
• Icelandic: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Ido: kalko — inorganic material containing calcium
• Ingush: кӏир (kʼir) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Irish: aol — inorganic material containing calcium
• Italian: calce — inorganic material containing calcium
• Japanese: 石灰 (sekkai) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Kannada: ಸುಣ್ಣ (suṇṇa) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Kavalan: apuk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Korean: 석회 (seokhoe) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Central Kurdish: قسڵ (qisll) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Central Kurdish: ئاھەک (ahek) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Northern Kurdish: kisl — inorganic material containing calcium
• Ladin: ciauc — inorganic material containing calcium
• Latin: calx — inorganic material containing calcium
• Latvian: kaļķis — inorganic material containing calcium
• Laz: კირი (ǩiri) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Macedonian: вар (var) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Malagasy: sokay — inorganic material containing calcium
• Malay: kapur — inorganic material containing calcium
• Malayalam: ചുണ്ണാമ്പ് (cuṇṇāmpŭ) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Maltese: ġir — inorganic material containing calcium
• Mansaka: apog — inorganic material containing calcium
• Mirandese: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Mongolian: шохой (šoxoj) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Neapolitan: calce — inorganic material containing calcium
• Norwegian Bokmål: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Occitan: calç — inorganic material containing calcium
• Persian: آهک (âhak) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Persian: گرچ (gerač) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Plautdietsch: Kaulkj — inorganic material containing calcium
• Polish: wapno — inorganic material containing calcium
• Portuguese: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Quechua: isku — inorganic material containing calcium
• Romanian: oxid de calciu — inorganic material containing calcium
• Romanian: var — inorganic material containing calcium
• Russian: и́звесть (ízvestʹ) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Slovene: apno — inorganic material containing calcium
• Spanish: cal — inorganic material containing calcium
• Swahili: chokaa — inorganic material containing calcium
• Swedish: kalk — inorganic material containing calcium
• Tagalog: apog — inorganic material containing calcium
• Tagalog: pirali — inorganic material containing calcium
• Tajik: оҳак (ohak) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Telugu: సున్నము (sunnamu) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Thai: ปูนขาว — inorganic material containing calcium
• Turkish: kireç — inorganic material containing calcium
• Ottoman Turkish: كیرج (kirec) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Ukrainian: вапно (vapno) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Vietnamese: vôi — inorganic material containing calcium
• Welsh: calch — inorganic material containing calcium
• Yiddish: קאַלך (kalkh) — inorganic material containing calcium
• Zulu: umcako — inorganic material containing calcium
• Catalan: envescada — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Dutch: lijm — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Estonian: liim — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Finnish: liisteri — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Finnish: mönjä — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Indonesian: kapur — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Latin: viscum — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Portuguese: visco — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Portuguese: visgo — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Swedish: fågellim — gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
• Afrikaans: lemmetjie — green citrus fruit
• Arabic: لَيْم (laym) — green citrus fruit
• Arabic: بَنْزَهِير (banzahīr) — green citrus fruit
• Arabic: لمون (lamūn) — green citrus fruit
• Arabic: لمون اخضر (lamūn áḵḍar) — green citrus fruit
• Arabic: بنزهير (banzahēr) — green citrus fruit
• Arabic: ليم (līm) — green citrus fruit
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (layma) — green citrus fruit
• Asturian: llima — green citrus fruit
• Belarusian: лайм (lajm) — green citrus fruit
• Belizean Creole: laim — green citrus fruit
• Bulgarian: лайм (lajm) — green citrus fruit
• Burmese: သံပရာ (sampa.ra) — green citrus fruit
• Catalan: llima — green citrus fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 青檸 /青柠 — green citrus fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 萊檬 /莱檬 (láiméng) — green citrus fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 萊姆 /莱姆 (láimǔ) — green citrus fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 酸橙 (suānchéng) — green citrus fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 青檸 /青柠 (qīngníng) — green citrus fruit
• Cornish: limaval — green citrus fruit
• Czech: limetka — green citrus fruit
• Czech: limeta — green citrus fruit
• Danish: lime — green citrus fruit
• Dutch: limoen — green citrus fruit
• East Frisian Low German: liimäet — green citrus fruit
• Esperanto: limeo — green citrus fruit
• Finnish: limetti — green citrus fruit
• Finnish: lime — green citrus fruit
• French: lime — green citrus fruit
• French: limette — green citrus fruit
• French: citron vert — green citrus fruit
• West-Frisian: lemoen — green citrus fruit
• Georgian: ლაიმი (laimi) — green citrus fruit
• German: Limone — green citrus fruit
• German: Limette — green citrus fruit
• Greek: μοσχολέμονο (moscholémono) — green citrus fruit
• Hungarian: zöldcitrom — green citrus fruit
• Icelandic: límóna — green citrus fruit
• Icelandic: súraldin — green citrus fruit
• Irish: líoma — green citrus fruit
• Italian: lime — green citrus fruit
• Italian: lima — green citrus fruit
• Italian: limetta — green citrus fruit
• Japanese: ライム (raimu) — green citrus fruit
• Kannada: ಲಿಂಬೆ (limbe) — green citrus fruit
• Khmer: ក្រូចឆ្មារ (krouc chmaa) — green citrus fruit
• Korean: 라임 (raim) — green citrus fruit
• Lao: ຫມາກນາວ (māk nāo) — green citrus fruit
• Latvian: laims — green citrus fruit
• Lithuanian: žalioji citrina — green citrus fruit
• Lithuanian: laimas — green citrus fruit
• Macedonian: лиме́та (liméta) — green citrus fruit
• Brunei Malay: limau nipis — green citrus fruit
• Malayalam: ചെറുനാരങ്ങ (ceṟunāraṅṅa) — green citrus fruit
• Nahuatl: limaxōcotl — green citrus fruit
• Navajo: chʼil dootłʼizhí díkʼǫ́zhígíí — green citrus fruit
• Nepali: कागती (kāgatī) — green citrus fruit
• Norwegian Bokmål: lime — green citrus fruit
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lime — green citrus fruit
• Polish: lima — green citrus fruit
• Polish: limeta — green citrus fruit
• Polish: limonka — green citrus fruit
• Portuguese: lima — green citrus fruit
• Portuguese: limão — green citrus fruit
• Romanian: limetă — green citrus fruit
• Romanian: lămâie verde — green citrus fruit
• Russian: лайм (lajm) — green citrus fruit
• Russian: ла́йма (lájma) — green citrus fruit
• Russian: зелёный лимо́н (zeljónyj limón) — green citrus fruit
• Sanskrit: निम्बू (nimbū) — green citrus fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: лимета — green citrus fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: limeta — green citrus fruit
• Shan: မၢၵ်ႇၽႃႈ (màak phāa) — green citrus fruit
• Sinhalese: දෙහි (dehi) — green citrus fruit
• Slovene: limeta — green citrus fruit
• Spanish: lima — green citrus fruit
• Spanish: limón — green citrus fruit
• Swahili: ndimu — green citrus fruit
• Swahili: dimu — green citrus fruit
• Swedish: lime — green citrus fruit
• Tamil: தேசிக்காய் (tēcikkāy) — green citrus fruit
• Thai: มะนาว (má-naao) — green citrus fruit
• Turkish: lim — green citrus fruit
• Turkish: misket limonu — green citrus fruit
• Ukrainian: лайм (lajm) — green citrus fruit
• Vietnamese: chanh — green citrus fruit
• Welsh: leim — green citrus fruit
• Winnebago: wažązi teek coo — green citrus fruit
• Dutch: limoenenboom — citrus tree
• Esperanto: limeo — citrus tree
• Esperanto: limeujo — citrus tree
• Esperanto: limearbo — citrus tree
• Finnish: limettipuu — citrus tree
• Finnish: limetti — citrus tree
• French: limettier — citrus tree
• French: citronnier vert — citrus tree
• Icelandic: límónutré — citrus tree
• Irish: crann líomaí — citrus tree
• Italian: lime — citrus tree
• Italian: lima — citrus tree
• Italian: limetta — citrus tree
• Malayalam: ചെറുനാരകം (ceṟunārakaṁ) — citrus tree
• Malayalam: ജോനകനാരകം (jōnakanārakaṁ) — citrus tree
• Nahuatl: limacuahuitl — citrus tree
• Polish: lima — citrus tree
• Portuguese: limeira — citrus tree
• Romanian: limetă — citrus tree
• Russian: лайм (lajm) — citrus tree
• Russian: ла́йма (lájma) — citrus tree
• Slovene: limetovec — citrus tree
• Spanish: limero — citrus tree
• Swahili: mdimu — citrus tree
• Turkish: lim ağacı — citrus tree
• Czech: limetková — colour
• Dutch: limoengeel — colour
• Dutch: limoengroen — colour
• Finnish: limenvihreä — colour
• Finnish: limetinvihreä — colour
• Icelandic: gulgrænn — colour
• Irish: uaine líoma — colour
• Irish: glas líoma — colour
• Japanese: 黄緑色 (kimidori-iro) — colour
• Japanese: ライム色 (raimu-iro) — colour
• Macedonian: светложо́лто-зеле́нкаста (svetložólto-zelénkasta) — colour
• Maltese: lajm — colour
• Polish: limonkowy — colour
• Polish: żółtozielony — colour
• Portuguese: verde-lima — colour
• Portuguese: verde-limão — colour
• Russian: жё̀лто-зелё́ный (žòlto-zeljónyj) — colour
• Spanish: lima — colour
• Turkish: lim rengi — colour
• Turkish: lim yeşili — colour
• Bulgarian: варосвам (varosvam) — to treat with lime
• Czech: vápnit — to treat with lime
• Dutch: logen — to treat with lime
• Estonian: lupjama — to treat with lime
• Finnish: kalkita — to treat with lime
• German: kalken — to treat with lime
• Hindi: चुनाई (cunāī) — to treat with lime
• Irish: aol — to treat with lime
• Macedonian: варосува (varosuva) — to treat with lime
• Polish: wapnowanie — to treat with lime
• Portuguese: caiar — to treat with lime
• Romanian: vărui — to treat with lime
• Russian: разбра́сывать и́звесть (razbrásyvatʹ ízvestʹ) — to treat with lime
• Spanish: encalar — to treat with lime
• Swedish: kalka — to treat with lime
• Turkish: kireçlemek — to treat with lime
• Finnish: sivellä lintuliimalla — to smear with birdlime
• Latin: invisco — to smear with birdlime
• Turkish: ökselemek — to smear with birdlime
• Estonian: lubjapesu — to apply limewash
• Finnish: kalkita — to apply limewash
• Icelandic: kalka — to apply limewash
• Malayalam: കുമ്മായം പൂശുക (kummāyaṁ pūśuka) — to apply limewash
• Turkish: kireç sıvamak — to apply limewash
• Turkish: kireçlemek — to apply limewash