limen

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin līmen (“threshold”). === Noun === limen (plural limens or limina) A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. === Anagrams === Melin, Milne, limne == Galician == === Verb === limen inflection of limar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Latin == === Etymology === Likely related to līmus (“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.men] === Noun === līmen n (genitive līminis); third declension threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway) lintel threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door Synonyms: ingressus, iānua, initium, foris, porta, ingressiō, vestibulum Antonym: abitus house, home, abode, dwelling beginning, commencement Synonyms: initium, prīmōrdium, prīncipium, orīgō, rudīmentum, exordium Antonym: fīnis end, termination ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== līmus līmes sublīmis ==== Descendants ==== === References === “limen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “limen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "limen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “limen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “limen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “limen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “līmen”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 343 == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From lijm +‎ -en. === Verb === limen to glue, to make stick with glue ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: lijmen Limburgish: lieme === Further reading === “limen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “limen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === limen m definite singular of lime == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === limen m definite singular of lime == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From lim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lǐmen/ Hyphenation: li‧men === Adjective === lìmen (Cyrillic spelling лѝмен, definite lìmenī) (relational) tin, sheet metal ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “limen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlimen/ [ˈli.mẽn] Rhymes: -imen Syllabification: li‧men === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin līmen. ==== Noun ==== limen m (plural límenes) (poetic) threshold, doorstep Synonym: umbral === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== limen inflection of limar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative === Further reading === “limen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === limen definite singular of lime