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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?mb??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?mbo?/
• Rhymes: -?mb??
• Hyphenation: lim?bo

Etymology 1

From Latin limbus (“border”) (cognate with limp), notably in the (ablative) expression in limb? (“on the edge”).

Noun

limbo (countable and uncountable, plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).
2. (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.

Translations

Derived terms

• limbo set

See also

• aftermath
• hell
• paradise
• purgatory

Etymology 2

Word of uncertain West Indian (notably Jamaican) origin, probably an alteration of limber as it is a physical agility test.

Noun

limbo (plural limbos)

1. A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position.
   • 1993, Alan Tucker, The Berlitz Travellers Guide to the Caribbean (page 149)

     If you're not up for watching limbos, bottle dancing, and fire eating, your best bet might be a leisurely dinner […]

Translations

Verb

limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed)

1. To dance in this way.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “limbo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Mobil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m.bo?/
• Hyphenation: lim?bo

Etymology 1

From Latin in limb? (“on the edge”).

Proper noun

limbo m or n

1. Limbo, the place where innocent souls barred from heaven exist.

   Synonyms: limbus, voorgeborchte

Alternative forms

• Limbo

Noun

limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)

1. Limbo, in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.

Alternative forms

• Limbo

Etymology 2

Word of uncertain West Indian (possibly Jamaican) origin, recorded since 1956, probably an alteration of limber as it is a physical agility test.

Noun

limbo n (uncountable)

1. limbo, the low-dancing game below a bar

Etymology 3

From a clipping of Limburger +? -o.

Noun

limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)

1. (colloquial) A Limburger, a person from Limburg.

Alternative forms

• Limbo

See also

• Limbabwe

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?limbo/, [?limbo?]
• Rhymes: -imbo
• Syllabification: lim?bo

Noun

limbo

1. limbo (dance with bar that is lowered)

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lim.bo?/, [?l?mbo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lim.bo/, [?limb?]

Noun

limb?

1. dative singular of limbus
2. ablative singular of limbus

Portuguese

Noun

limbo m (plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholicism) limbo (place for innocent souls)
2. (figuratively) limbo (state of neglect or oblivion)
3. (botany) blade (the flat part of a leaf or petal)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin limbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?limbo/, [?l?m.bo]

Noun

limbo m (plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholic theology) limbo (the place where innocent souls exist)
2. limbo (an in-between place)

3. (botany) blade, edge
4. (astronomy) limb

Further reading

• “limbo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From after- +? life

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ft??la?f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æft??la?f/

Noun

afterlife (plural afterlives or (rare, proscribed) afterlifes)

1. Life after death.

2. The place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.

Synonyms

• (life after death): hereafter, eternal life; see also Thesaurus:life after death
• (place): hereafter, other side; see also Thesaurus:afterlife

Antonyms

• (life before life, previous life): forelife

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:afterlife.

See also

• beforelife