lame

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /leɪm/ Rhymes: -eɪm Hyphenation: lame === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”). ==== Adjective ==== lame (comparative lamer, superlative lamest) (especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. Synonym: crippled (of a limb, especially a foot or leg) That cannot be moved properly. Synonym: gammy (dated, now offensive) Physically disabled. (by extension, dated) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. Antonyms: efficient, perfect (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable. Synonym: weak Antonyms: convincing, believable (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== lame (third-person singular simple present lames, present participle laming, simple past and past participle lamed) (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. Synonyms: cripple, disable ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== lame (plural lames) (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person. === Etymology 2 === From Middle French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina. ==== Noun ==== lame (plural lames) A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor. Synonyms: lamella (sometimes diminutive), lamina (sometimes synonymous) (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates. A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Elma, mela, mela-, amel, -meal, meal, alme, Lema, male-, Male, male, leam, Leam, Elam, Malé, lema == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlame/ Rhymes: -ame Syllabification: la‧me === Adverb === lame lamely === Further reading === “lame”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN == Estonian == === Etymology === From lamama +‎ -e. === Adjective === lame (genitive lameda, partitive lamedat, comparative lamedam, superlative kõige lamedam) flat ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lāmina, through the accusative lāminam. Doublet of lamine, a borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lam/ Rhymes: -am Homophone: lames === Noun === lame f (plural lames) lamina blade wave tarot card ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: llama → Italian: lama → Persian: لام (lâm, “microscope slide”) === Further reading === “lame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === mâle, mêla == Friulian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin lāmina. Compare Romansh loma, lama, French lame, Italian and Venetan lama. === Noun === lame f (plural lamis) blade == German == === Etymology === From the English adjective lame. === Adjective === lame (strong nominative masculine singular lamer, not comparable) (slang) boring; unimpressive (slang) unskilled; useless ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈla.me/ Rhymes: -ame Hyphenation: là‧me === Noun === lame f plural of lama === Anagrams === alme, male, mela == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French la main. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lame] === Noun === lame hand === References === Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 581 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== lame (Early Scots, North Riding, West Riding) alternative form of lom === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== lame To shine. (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== lame (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of lam (non-standard since 2012) plural of lam === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lame m (definite singular lameen, indefinite plural lamear, definite plural lameane) alternative spelling of lamé == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɑː.me/ Rhymes: -ɑː.me === Noun === lāme dative singular of lām == Old French == === Noun === lame oblique singular, f (oblique plural lames, nominative singular lame, nominative plural lames) blade (of a weapon) == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlame] === Noun === lame f inflection of lamă: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlame/ [ˈla.me] Rhymes: -ame Syllabification: la‧me === Verb === lame inflection of lamer: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Adjective === lame definite natural masculine singular of lam