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subliminal
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)
- (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)
- 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)
- subliminal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sublimi?nal/, [su.??li.mi?nal]
Adjective
subliminal (plural subliminales)
- subliminal
Derived terms
- subliminalmente
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liminal
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)
- Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. [from late 19th c.]
- Synonym: thresholdlike
- 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
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