different between subliminal vs liminal

English

Alternative forms

• sub-liminal

Etymology

sub- +? liminal. Morphologically sub- (“below”) + Latin l?men (“threshold”) (genitive l?minis) + -al (“adjective”). Calque of German unterschwellig (“beneath the threshold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?l?m?n?l/
• IPA^(key): /s??bl?m?n?l/

Adjective

subliminal (comparative more subliminal, superlative most subliminal)

1. (of a stimulus) Below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response.

Synonyms

• latent
• underthreshold

Antonyms

• superliminal

Derived terms

• subliminality
• subliminally
• subliminal message

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English subliminal, itself a calque from German unterschwellig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bli.mi.nal/

Adjective

subliminal (feminine singular subliminale, masculine plural subliminaux, feminine plural subliminales)

1. subliminal

   Synonym: subliminaire

   Antonym: supraliminal

Derived terms

• subliminalement

Further reading

• “subliminal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French subliminal

Adjective

subliminal m or n (feminine singular subliminal?, masculine plural subliminali, feminine and neuter plural subliminale)

1. subliminal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sublimi?nal/, [su.??li.mi?nal]

Adjective

subliminal (plural subliminales)

1. subliminal

Derived terms

• subliminalmente

English

Etymology

From Latin l?min?lis, from l?men (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) + -?lis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). L?men is possibly derived from l?mus (“askew; sideways”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn? (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m?n(?)l/
• Hyphenation: li?min?al

Adjective

liminal (comparative more liminal, superlative most liminal)

1. Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: thresholdlike
2. Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process. [from late 19th c.]

   Synonyms: inceptive, inchoative, marginal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• liminal (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• liminal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Millian