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Yes. The word limo is a Scrabble US word. The word limo is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (3 found)

LIMO,MILO,MOIL,

3-letter words (5 found)

MIL,MOI,MOL,OIL,OLM,

2-letter words (7 found)

IO,LI,LO,MI,MO,OI,OM,

You can make 15 words from limo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of limo

limo

English

Etymology

Clipping of limousine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.məʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.moʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪməʊ

Noun

limo (plural limos)

  1. (slang) Clipping of limousine.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Milo, OIML, milo, moil

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

limo (plural limo's)

  1. clipping of limousine

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧mo

Verb

limo

  1. to keep something a secret

Noun

limo

  1. a ritual for teething a child

Anagrams

milo

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

  1. five

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish limón.

Noun

limo

  1. lemon.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.moː/
  • Hyphenation: li‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

limo f (plural limo's)

  1. (informal) clipping of limousine

Etymology 2

Noun

limo f (plural limo's)

  1. (Netherlands, informal) clipping of limonade

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin līmes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: li‧mo

Noun

limo (accusative singular limon, plural limoj, accusative plural limojn)

  1. border, frontier, boundary
    Coordinate terms: bordo, rando
  2. (figurative) limit, breaking point

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal Swedish lime (“bundle of wickers or leaves”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimo/, [ˈlimo̞]
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Syllabification(key): li‧mo
  • Hyphenation(key): li‧mo

Noun

limo

  1. synonym of juhannuskoivu

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Ilmo, olmi

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin līmus (“mud, slime”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlimʊ]

Noun

limo m (plural limos)

  1. mucus, especially the mucus of a cow in heat
  2. green seaweed that covers humid or submerged surfaces
    Synonym: verdello
  3. slime

Etymology 2

Verb

limo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

References

  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “limo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “limo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “limo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.mo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: lì‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin līmus (“mud, slime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Noun

limo m (plural limi)

  1. mud, slime
  2. silt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

limo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of limare

Anagrams

  • Lomi, Milo, moli, olmi

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.moː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mo]

Etymology 1

From līma (“a file, rasp”).

Verb

līmō (present infinitive līmāre, perfect active līmāvī, supine līmātum); first conjugation

  1. to sharpen
  2. to file, file off
  3. to polish, finish
  4. (figuratively) to investigate accurately
Conjugation

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms
  • līmātē
  • līmātus
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From līmus (“mud, slime”).

Verb

līmō (present infinitive līmāre, perfect active līmāvī, supine līmātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to besmirch
  2. to bespatter with mud
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
  • Romanian: ima
  • Sicilian: lippu (?)

References

  • “limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "limo", 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)
  • limo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

  1. five

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.mɔ/
  • Rhymes: -imɔ
  • Syllabification: li‧mo

Noun

limo n

  1. (colloquial) black eye
    Synonym: podkowa

Declension

Further reading

  • limo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • limo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

limo m (plural limos)

  1. mud, slime, silt
    Synonym: lodo
  2. seaweed, wack (weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond)

Etymology 2

Verb

limo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlimo/ [ˈli.mo]
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Syllabification: li‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”).

Noun

limo m (plural limos)

  1. mud, slime, silt
    Synonyms: barro, lodo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

limo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

References

  • Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “limo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656

Further reading

  • “limo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tiruray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

  1. five

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limo

  1. five

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