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Is limes a Scrabble word?

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

L1I1M3E1S1

Is limes a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1I1M3E1S1

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5-letter words (4 found)

LIMES,MILES,SLIME,SMILE,

4-letter words (13 found)

ELMS,ISLE,LEIS,LIES,LIME,MELS,MILE,MILS,MISE,SEIL,SEMI,SILE,SLIM,

3-letter words (15 found)

ELM,ELS,EMS,ISM,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,MEL,MES,MIL,MIS,SEI,SEL,SIM,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EM,ES,IS,LI,ME,MI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 41 words from limes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of limes

limes ilmes lmies mlies imles miles liems ilems leims elims ielms eilms lmeis mleis lemis elmis melis emlis imels miels iemls eimls meils emils limse ilmse lmise mlise imlse milse lisme ilsme lsime slime islme silme lmsie mlsie lsmie slmie mslie smlie imsle misle ismle simle msile smile liesm ilesm leism elism ielsm eilsm lisem ilsem lsiem sliem islem silem lesim elsim lseim sleim eslim selim ieslm eislm iselm sielm esilm seilm lmesi mlesi lemsi elmsi melsi emlsi lmsei mlsei lsmei slmei mslei smlei lesmi elsmi lsemi slemi eslmi selmi mesli emsli mseli smeli esmli semli imesl miesl iemsl eimsl meisl emisl imsel misel ismel simel msiel smiel iesml eisml iseml sieml esiml seiml mesil emsil mseil smeil esmil semil

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Definitions and meaning of limes

limes

Etymology 1

From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌɪmiːz/

Noun

limes (plural limites)

  1. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lʌɪmz/
  • Rhymes: -aɪmz

Noun

limes

  1. plural of lime

Anagrams

  • Imels, Liems, Miles, Selim, 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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin līmes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimes/, [ˈlime̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -imes
  • Syllabification(key): li‧mes

Noun

limes

  1. (mathematics) limit, used mainly to read out formulas.
    lim x → c {\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 līmus (“askew”) +‎ -es (“going”). See also līmen.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.mes/, [ˈlʲiːmɛs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/, [ˈliːmes]

Noun

līmes m (genitive līmitis); third declension

  1. limit, border, path.
    Synonyms: fīnis, modus, cacūmen
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • līmitāneus
  • līmitō
Related terms
  • līmen
  • sublīmis
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflection of līmō (“sharpen, file”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.meːs/, [ˈlʲiːmeːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/, [ˈliːmes]

Verb

līmēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

Etymology 3

Inflection of līmō (“besmirch”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.meːs/, [ˈlʲiːmeːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.mes/, [ˈliːmes]

Verb

līmēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līmō

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • limes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “līmes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 344

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

limes

  1. passive of lime

Portuguese

Verb

limes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin limes.

Noun

limes n (uncountable)

  1. limes

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimes/ [ˈli.mes]
  • Rhymes: -imes
  • Syllabification: li‧mes

Verb

limes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of limar

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