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Yes. The word limen is a Scrabble US word. The word limen is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

L1I1M3E1N1

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Yes. The word limen is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

L1I1M3E1N1

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5-letter words (1 found)

LIMEN,

4-letter words (8 found)

LIEN,LIME,LIMN,LINE,MEIN,MIEN,MILE,MINE,

3-letter words (10 found)

ELM,LEI,LIE,LIN,MEL,MEN,MIL,NIE,NIL,NIM,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EM,EN,IN,LI,ME,MI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from limen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of limen

limen ilmen lmien mlien imlen milen liemn ilemn leimn elimn ielmn eilmn lmein mlein lemin elmin melin emlin imeln mieln iemln eimln meiln emiln limne ilmne lmine mline imlne milne linme ilnme lnime nlime inlme nilme lmnie mlnie lnmie nlmie mnlie nmlie imnle minle inmle nimle mnile nmile lienm ilenm leinm elinm ielnm eilnm linem ilnem lniem nliem inlem nilem lenim elnim lneim nleim enlim nelim ienlm einlm inelm nielm enilm neilm lmeni mleni lemni elmni melni emlni lmnei mlnei lnmei nlmei mnlei nmlei lenmi elnmi lnemi nlemi enlmi nelmi menli emnli mneli nmeli enmli nemli imenl mienl iemnl eimnl meinl eminl imnel minel inmel nimel mniel nmiel ienml einml ineml nieml eniml neiml menil emnil mneil nmeil enmil nemil

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Definitions and meaning of limen

limen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limen (“threshold”).

Noun

limen (plural limens or limina)

  1. A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

Anagrams

  • Melin, Milne, limne

Galician

Verb

limen

  1. inflection of limar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Latin

Etymology

Likely related to līmus (“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.men/, [ˈlʲiːmɛn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.men/, [ˈliːmen]

Noun

līmen n (genitive līminis); third declension

  1. threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  2. lintel
  3. threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
    Synonyms: ingressus, iānua, initium, foris, porta, ingressiō, vestibulum
    Antonym: abitus
  4. house, home, abode, dwelling
  5. beginning, commencement
    Synonyms: initium, prīmōrdium, prīncipium, orīgō, rudīmentum, exordium
    Antonym: fīnis
  6. 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’s 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

  1. to glue, to make stick with glue

Inflection

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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

  1. definite singular of lime

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

limen m

  1. definite singular of lime

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐmen/
  • Hyphenation: li‧men

Adjective

lìmen (definite lìmenī, Cyrillic spelling лѝмен)

  1. (relational) tin, sheet metal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimen/ [ˈli.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -imen
  • Syllabification: li‧men

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin līmen.

Noun

limen m (plural límenes)

  1. (poetic) threshold, doorstep
    Synonym: umbral

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

limen

  1. inflection of limar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

limen

  1. definite singular of lime

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