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lima.

lime (fruit)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlima/[ˈli.ma]

  1. lime (fruit)

    feminine

  2. sweet lime (fruit)

    Mexico · South-America · feminine

  3. lemon (fruit)

    dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Austroasiaticbor. Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor. Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor. Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة (līma)bor. Spanish lima Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

noun/ˈlima/[ˈli.ma]

  1. file (tool to smoothen a surface)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sley-der.? Latin līmader. Spanish lima Derived from Latin līma.

verb/ˈlima/[ˈli.ma]

  1. inflection of limar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of limar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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