liminar

Portuguese

Etymology

Doublet of limiar and umbral.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈna(ʁ)/ [li.miˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈna(ʁ)/ [li.miˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.miˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.miˈna(ʁ)/ [li.miˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.miˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.miˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.miˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: li‧mi‧nar

Noun

liminar f (plural liminares)

1. (law) preliminary injunction

Further reading

• “liminar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French liminaire.

Adjective

liminar m or n (feminine singular liminară, masculine plural liminari, feminine and neuter plural liminare)

1. introductory

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	liminar		liminară		liminari	liminare
	definite	liminarul		liminara		liminarii	liminarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	liminar		liminare		liminari	liminare
	definite	liminarului		liminarei		liminarilor	liminarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līmināris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /limiˈnaɾ/ [li.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧mi‧nar

Adjective

liminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural liminares)

1. liminal

Related terms

• umbral

 

Further reading

• “liminar”, 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