different between limes vs rimes

English

Etymology 1

From Latin l?mes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??mi?z/

Noun

limes (plural limites)

1. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 92:

     Their presence in the late fourth century on the River Main (immediately to the east of the Roman limes) is documented in Roman sources, as are their wars with the Alemanni.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??mz/
• Rhymes: -a?mz

Noun

limes

1. plural of lime

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, miles, milse, misle, slime, smile

Danish

Noun

limes c

1. indefinite genitive singular of lime
2. indefinite plural of lime
3. indefinite genitive plural of lime

Finnish

Noun

limes

1. (mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas.

   ${\displaystyle \lim _{x\to c}}$ reads: limes x lähenee c:tä.

Declension

See also

• raja-arvo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/

Noun

limes f

1. plural of lime

Galician

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Latin

Etymology 1

From l?mus (“askew”). See also l?men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.mes/, [?li?m?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.mes/, [?li?m?s]

Noun

l?mes m (genitive l?mitis); third declension

1. limit, border, path.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• l?mit?neus
• l?mit?

Related terms

• l?men
• subl?mis

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflection of l?m? (“sharpen, file”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.me?s/, [?li?me?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.mes/, [?li?m?s]

Verb

l?m?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of l?m?

Etymology 3

Inflection of l?m? (“besmirch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.me?s/, [?li?me?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.mes/, [?li?m?s]

Verb

l?m?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of l?m?

References

• limes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• limes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

limes

1. passive of lime

Portuguese

Verb

limes

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of limar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of limar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?limes/, [?li.mes]

Verb

limes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of limar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of limar.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?mz

Noun

rimes

1. plural of rime

Verb

rimes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rime

Anagrams

• IMers, Mires, Miser, Reims, emirs, mires, miser, reims, reism, remis, riems

Catalan

Verb

rimes

1. second-person singular present indicative form of rimar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?im/

Noun

rimes f

1. plural of rime

Verb

rimes

1. second-person singular present indicative of rimer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of rimer

Anagrams

• émirs, mires, mirés, miser, Reims, remis

Portuguese

Verb

rimes

1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of rimar
2. Second-person singular (tu) negative imperative of rimar

Spanish

Verb

rimes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of rimar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of rimar.