limousine
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌlɪməˈziːn/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
limousine (plural limousines)
- An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
- An automobile with such a body. [from 1902]
- Synonym: limo(slang)
- A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]
- Synonym: limo(slang)
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326, page 6:
- It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
- An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses. [from 1959]
- Synonym: shuttle
Derived terms
- limo
- limousinelike
- limousine liberal
Translations
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Further reading
limousine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “limousine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from French limousine or English limousine.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
limousine (plural limousines)
- limousine (luxury sedan)
- Synonym: limo
Derived terms
- limo
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French limousine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌli.muˈzi.nə/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌli.moːˈzi.nə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
Noun
limousine f (plural limousines)
- limousine (luxury sedan)
- Synonym: limo
Derived terms
- limo
French
Etymology
From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.mu.zin/
Audio (file) Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Noun
limousine f (plural limousines)
- (fashion) traditional woolen cloak from Haute-Vienne
- (automotive) limousine, luxury car
- Synonym: berline
- (zoology) limousin (cattle breed)
Descendants
- → Dutch: limousine
- → English: limousine
- → German: Limousine
- → Portuguese: limusine, limusina, limousine
- → Russian: лимузи́н (limuzín) (see there for further descendants)
- → Turkish: limuzin
Adjective
limousine
- feminine singular of limousin
References
- Etymology and history of “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/Merci-Professeur/p-17081-Berline-et-limousine.htm
Further reading
- “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French limousine.
Noun
limousine f (plural limousines)
- Alternative spelling of limusine
Swedish
Alternative forms
- limousin
Noun
limousine c
- a limousine (luxury sedan)
Declension
Declension of limousine | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | limousine | limousinen | limousiner | limousinerna |
Genitive | limousines | limousinens | limousiners | limousinernas |
References
- limousine in Svensk ordbok (SO)