overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

limes.

A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlʌɪmiːz/UK
  1. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

Where this word comes from

From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.

noun/lʌɪmz/UK
  1. plural of lime

    form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

Inflected forms.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

limes has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

limes studiolimes workshello, limes

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.