subliminal

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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˌsʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nl̩]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [səˈblɪm.ɪ.nl̩]
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• General-American: /səˈblɪm.ɪ.nəl/
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• General-American: [səˈblɪm.ɪ.nl̩]
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• Australian: /ˌsabˈlɪm.ɪ.nəl/
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• Australian: [ˌsabˈlɪm.ɪ.nl̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH0 B L IH1 M IH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *upó The adjective is derived from sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + liminal (“of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold”) (from Latin līminālis, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh3l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + *-mn̥ (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns)). The English word is borrowed from German subliminal, or a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “beneath the threshold”). The noun is derived from the adjective.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: subliminal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Bulgarian: подсъзнателен (podsǎznatelen) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Catalan: subliminar — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Czech: podprahový — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Dutch: subliminaal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Esperanto: sublimina — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Finnish: subliminaalinen — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Finnish: alitajuinen — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Finnish: tiedostamaton — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• French: subliminal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Georgian: ქვეცნობიერი (kvecnobieri) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• German: unterbewusst — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• German: unterschwellig — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• German: subtil — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Greek: παρασυνειδησιακός (parasyneidisiakós) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Hebrew: תַּת־סִפִּי (tat-sipí) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Hungarian: szubliminális — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Irish: fo-thairseachúil — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Italian: subliminale — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Japanese: 閾下の (ikika no) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Lithuanian: pasąmoninė — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Polish: subliminalna — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Polish: podprogowa — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Portuguese: subliminar — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Romanian: subliminal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Russian: сублиминальный (subliminalʹnyj) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Russian: подсознательный (podsoznatelʹnyj) — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Slovak: podprahové — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Spanish: subliminal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Swedish: subliminal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• Turkish: subliminal — of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also, below the threshold where a response can be produced
• French: subliminal — of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it
• Portuguese: subliminar — of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it
• Spanish: subliminal — of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it
• Japanese: 閾下 (ikika) — something below the limen or threshold of conscious perception