English

Pronunciation
IPA|/laɪm/
rhymes|aɪm

Etymology 1
Old English lim#Old English|līm. Cognate with Dutch lijm, German Leim; Latin limus �mud�.

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. poetic any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone
2. mineralogy A white alkaline substance, calcium oxide, obtained from limestone; quicklime

#:*1952: Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 149.

1. A dry white powder (calcium hydroxide).

Translations
entrapping adhesive substance

trans-top|calcium oxide, quicklime
Albanian: gëlqere f
Bulgarian: ва� m
Catalan: calç f
Croatian: vapno n
Czech: vápno n
Danish: kalk
Finnish: kalkki, kalsiumoksidi, also poltettu kalkki, sammuttamaton kalkki (?)
French: Chaux f
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German: Kalk m, Branntkalk m
Hungarian: mész
Italian: calce f
Japanese: �� (����,sekkai)
Persian: FAchar|Ú¯Ú� (gac)
Romanian: var f and m
Russian: изве��� (ízv'est') f
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trans-top|calcium hydroxide
Finnish: kalsiumhydroksidi, sammutettu kalkki
German: Löschkalk m
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Verb
en-verb|lim|ing

1. transitive To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).

Translations
trans-top|treat with lime
Czech: vápnit
Finnish: kalkita
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Etymology 2
An alteration of line, a variant form of lind.

Noun
en-noun

1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia X vulgaris; the linden tree, or its wood

Translations
trans-top|linden tree
Albanian: bli m
Bosnian: lipa#Bosnian|lipa f
Czech: lípa f
Dutch: linde m, lindeboom m
Finnish: lehmus
French: tilleul m
German: Linde f, Lindenbaum m
Hungarian: hárs
Latin: tilia f
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Polish: lipa#Polish|lipa f
Portuguese: tília f
Romanian: tei m
Russian: липа (lípa) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: липа#Serbian|липа f
:Latin: lipa#Serbian|lipa f
Slovene: lipa#Slovene|lipa f
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Etymology 3
From French lime#French|lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic ARchar|���ة (līma).

Noun
en-noun

1. A green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
2. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Citrus aurantiifolia
3. color a light, somewhat yellowish, green color|colour, the colour of the fruit of a lime tree.

#:<table><tr><td>lime colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#00FF00" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

Translations
trans-top|fruit
Catalan: llima
Czech: limeta f
Danish: lime#Danish|lime
Dutch: limoen f
Finnish: lime#Finnish|lime, limetti
French: lime#French|lime f, limette f
German: Limone f, Limette f
Icelandic: súraldin m
Italian: lime#Italian|lime m
Japanese: ��� (raimu)
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Maltese: lumi�ell
Portuguese: lima f
Spanish: lima f
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trans-top|tree
Bosnian: lipa#Bosnian|lipa f
Dutch: limoenenboom m
Finnish: lime(puu), limetti(puu)
German: Limone f, Limette f
Icelandic: lind f
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Maltese: lumi�ella
Polish: lipa f
Portuguese: limeira f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: липа#Serbian|липа f
:Latin: lipa#Serbian|lipa f
Spanish: limero m
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trans-top|colour
Dutch: limoengeel, limoengroen
German: lindgrün
Icelandic: gulgrænn m, gulgræn f, gulgrænt n
trans-mid
Japanese: ����(raimuiro)
Finnish: limenvihreä, limetinvihreä
Maltese: lajm
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Translations to be checked
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<!--Not in my dictionary: *ttbc|French: Citron vert m (1), Citronier vert m (2) - Paul G, 2006-05-01 -->
ttbc|Ido: citrono
ttbc|Interlingua: lima (1); limiero (2); calce (calce vive|vive) (3); calce (calce extincte|extincte) (4); (color de) lima (5); tilia (6)
ttbc|Polish: wapno palone n (3), wapno gaszone n (4)
ttbc|Portuguese: cal (cal viva|viva) f (3); cal (cal extinta|extinta) f (4); cor de lima f (5); tília f (6)

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. Containing lime or lime juice.
2. lime-green|Lime-green.

Translations
trans-top|containing lime/lime juice
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Etymology 4
etystub

Verb
en-verb|lim|ing

1. context|Trinidad To hang out.

Derived terms
top3
chloride of lime
delime
key lime
key lime pie
lemon lime
lemon and lime
limeade
lime-green
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lime juice
lime-juicer
limekiln
limelight
limelighter
limequat
limescale
limestone
mid3
lime tree looper
limewater
quicklime
slaked lime
soda lime
unslaked lime
white lime

Related terms
top3
asbestos
calcareous
calcify
calcine
mid3
calcium
calcium hydroxide
calcspar
calc-tufa
mid3
calculus
calx
chalk
linden

See also
top3
fur up
gimlet
mid3
lemon
plaster
mid3
sour
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Colors
Category:Fruits
Category:Greens
Category:Trees

Danish

Noun
English:Lime (a fruit)

1. defn|Danish

Verb
English: to glue
lime

1. A file (the tool)

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/lim/

Etymology 1
Latin lima.

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. file (tool)

Derived terms
lime à ongles

Etymology 2
From Spanish lima, from Arabic ARchar|���ة (līma).

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. lime (fruit, tree)

Synonyms
i-c|fruit limette

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