• Limes

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈlʌɪmiːz/

    Origin 1

    From Latin limes.

    Full definition of limes

    Noun

    limes

    (plural limites)
    1. A boundary.
      • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 92:Their presence in the late fourth century on the River Main (immediately to the east of the Roman limes) is documented in Roman sources, as are their wars with the Alemanni.

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /lʌɪmz/
    • Rhymes: -aɪmz

    Origin 2

    Inflected forms.

    Noun

    plural

    1. Plural of lime
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