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• /ˈlɪm.ɪt/
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• South-Asia: /ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/
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• South-Asia, colloquial: /lɪmʈ/
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From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun.

233 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kufi — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Albanian: cak — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Arabic: حَدّ (ḥadd) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Armenian: սահման (sahman) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Azerbaijani: hədd — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Basque: muga — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Belarusian: мяжа́ (mjažá) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Belarusian: лімі́т (limít) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Bulgarian: гра́ница (gránica) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Bulgarian: ограниче́ние (ograničénie) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Bulgarian: преде́л (predél) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Burmese: အကန့်အသတ် (a.kan.a.sat) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Catalan: límit — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Chinese Mandarin: 極限 /极限 (jíxiàn) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Czech: mez — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Czech: limit — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Danish: grænse — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Danish: begrænsning — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Dutch: grens — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Dutch: limiet — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Esperanto: limito — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Estonian: piirang — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Estonian: piir — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Finnish: raja — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Finnish: rajoitus — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• French: limite — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Georgian: ზღვარი (zɣvari) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Georgian: ლიმიტი (limiṭi) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• German: Grenze — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• German: Begrenzer — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Greek: όριο (ório) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Greek: σύνορο (sýnoro) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Ancient Greek: ὅρος (hóros) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Ancient Greek: ὅριον (hórion) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Hindi: सीमा (sīmā) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Hungarian: határ — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Ido: limito — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Indonesian: batas — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Italian: limite — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Italian: confine — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Japanese: 限度 (gendo) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Japanese: 限界 (genkai) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Japanese: リミット (rimitto) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Javanese: wates — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Old Javanese: watĕs — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Kazakh: шек (şek) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Kazakh: шекара (şekara) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Khmer: កំណត់ (kɑmnɑt) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Khmer: កម្រិត (kɑɑkɑmrɨt) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Korean: 제한 (jehan) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Korean: 리미트 (rimiteu) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Central Kurdish: سِنور (sinur) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Kyrgyz: чек (cek) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Kyrgyz: чек ара (cek ara) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Lao: ຂີດຈໍາກັດ (khīt cham kat) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Latin: limes — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Latin: terminus — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Latvian: limits — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Lithuanian: riba — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Lithuanian: limitas — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Macedonian: граница (granica) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Malay: had — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Malay: batas — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Malay: hinggan — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Malayalam: പരിധി (paridhi) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Māori: tepe — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Māori: tepenga — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Mongolian: хязгаар (xjazgaar) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Mongolian: хэмжээ (xemžee) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Norman: lînmite — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Norwegian Bokmål: begrensning — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Occitan: limit — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Old English: ġemǣre — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Iranian Persian: حَدّ (hadd) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Polish: limit — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Portuguese: limite — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Romanian: limită — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Romanian: hotar — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Russian: преде́л (predél) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Russian: лими́т (limít) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ograničénije) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̀ница — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Serbo-Croatian: grànica — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Slovak: medza — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Slovak: limit — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Slovene: omejitev — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Southern Altai: лимит (limit) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Spanish: límite — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Swedish: gräns — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Swedish: begränsning — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Tajik: ҳудуд (hudud) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Tajik: ҳад (had) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Telugu: హద్దు (haddu) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Thai: ขีดจํากัด (kìit-jam-gàt) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Turkish: kısıtlayıcı — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Turkish: sınırlayıcı — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Turkish: had — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Ukrainian: межа́ (mežá) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Ukrainian: лімі́т (limít) — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Uzbek: chegara — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Uzbek: chek — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Uzbek: had — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Vietnamese: giới hạn — restriction; bound beyond which one may not go
• Arabic: نِهَايَة (nihāya) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Armenian: սահման (sahman) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Azerbaijani: limit — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Bulgarian: гра́ница (gránica) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Chinese Mandarin: 極限 /极限 (jíxiàn) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Czech: limita — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Danish: grænseværdi — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Dutch: limiet — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Esperanto: limeso — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Finnish: raja-arvo — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• French: limite — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Georgian: ზღვარი (zɣvari) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• German: Grenzwert — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• German: Grenze — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Greek: όριο (ório) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Hindi: सीमा (sīmā) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Hungarian: határérték — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Icelandic: markgildi — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Indonesian: limit — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Italian: limite — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Japanese: 極限 (kyokugen) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Khmer: លីមីត (liimiit) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Malay: had — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Malay: حد — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Mongolian: хязгаар (xjazgaar) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Norwegian Bokmål: grenseverdi — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Persian: حد (hadd) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Polish: granica — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Portuguese: limite — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Romanian: limită — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Romanian: valoare extremă — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Romanian: graniță — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Romanian: margine — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Russian: преде́л (predél) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Slovene: limita — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Swedish: gränsvärde — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Swedish: limes — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Tagalog: hanggan — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Tagalog: hgn. — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Tajik: ҳад (had) — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Urdu: حد — mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
• Bulgarian: граница (granica) — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Danish: grænseværdi — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Finnish: raja-arvo — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• German: Limes — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• German: Grenzwert — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Italian: limite — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Romanian: valoare limită — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Swedish: gränsvärde — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Tagalog: hanggan — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Tagalog: hgn. — mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit
• Arabic: حَدَّ (ḥadda) — restrict
• Arabic: حَدَّدَ (ḥaddada) — restrict
• Armenian: սահմանափակել (sahmanapʻakel) — restrict
• Belarusian: абмяжо́ўваць (abmjažówvacʹ) — restrict
• Belarusian: абмежава́ць (abmježavácʹ) — restrict
• Bulgarian: огранича́вам (ograničávam) — restrict
• Bulgarian: огранича́ (ograničá) — restrict
• Catalan: limitar — restrict
• Chinese Mandarin: 制限 (zhìxiàn) — restrict
• Chinese Mandarin: 限制 (xiànzhì) — restrict
• Czech: omezovat — restrict
• Czech: omezit — restrict
• Danish: begrænse — restrict
• Dutch: beperken — restrict
• Dutch: begrenzen — restrict
• Esperanto: limigi — restrict
• Estonian: piirama — restrict
• Finnish: rajoittaa — restrict
• French: limiter — restrict
• German: befristen — restrict
• German: begrenzen — restrict
• German: beschränken — restrict
• Greek: περιορίζω (periorízo) — restrict
• Ancient Greek: ὁρίζω (horízō) — restrict
• Hebrew: הִגְבִּיל (higbíl) — restrict
• Hebrew: תִּיחֵם \ תִּחֵם — restrict
• Hindi: सीमित (sīmit) — restrict
• Ingrian: rajata — restrict
• Irish: cum — restrict
• Irish: teorannaigh — restrict
• Italian: limitare — restrict
• Japanese: 限る (kagiru) — restrict
• Japanese: 狭める (sebameru) — restrict
• Japanese: 制限する (seigen suru) — restrict
• Japanese: 限定する (gentei suru) — restrict
• Korean: 제한하다 (jehanhada) — restrict
• Latin: fīniō — restrict
• Latin: terminō — restrict
• Latin: cohibeō — restrict
• Macedonian: ограничува (ograničuva) — restrict
• Macedonian: ограничи (ograniči) — restrict
• Māori: tārohe — restrict
• Māori: whakatina — restrict
• Norman: lînmiter — restrict
• Norwegian Bokmål: begrense — restrict
• Piedmontese: limité — restrict
• Polish: ograniczać — restrict
• Polish: ograniczyć — restrict
• Portuguese: limitar — restrict
• Portuguese: restringir — restrict
• Romanian: limita — restrict
• Romanian: restrânge — restrict
• Russian: ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) — restrict
• Russian: ограни́чить (ograníčitʹ) — restrict
• Scots: leemit — restrict
• Serbo-Croatian: огранича́вати — restrict
• Serbo-Croatian: огра̀ничити — restrict
• Serbo-Croatian: ograničávati — restrict
• Serbo-Croatian: ogràničiti — restrict
• Slovak: obmedzovať — restrict
• Slovak: obmedziť — restrict
• Slovak: ohraničovať — restrict
• Slovak: ohraničiť — restrict
• Slovene: omejevati — restrict
• Slovene: omejiti — restrict
• Spanish: limitar — restrict
• Spanish: cortapisar — restrict
• Swedish: begränsa — restrict
• Turkish: sınırlamak — restrict
• Turkish: tahdit etmek — restrict
• Turkish: kısıtlamak — restrict
• Ukrainian: обме́жувати (obméžuvaty) — restrict
• Ukrainian: обмежо́вувати (obmežóvuvaty) — restrict
• Ukrainian: обме́жити (obméžyty) — restrict
• Ukrainian: омежува́ти (omežuváty) — restrict
• Vietnamese: hạn chế — restrict
• Vietnamese: giới hạn — restrict