limon

See also: Limon, Límon, limón, and łimon

English

Noun

limon (countable and uncountable, plural limons)

1. Obsolete spelling of lemon.
   • 1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets., London: […] B. Tooke […], page 18:

     Clary, Horminum, when tender not to be rejected, and in Omlets, made up with Cream, fried in ſweet Butter, and eaten with Sugar, Juice of Orange, or Limon.

Anagrams

• Molin, limno-

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیمون (limon).

Noun

limon

1. lemon

Declension

Declension of limon

	singular	plural
nominative	limon	limonlar
genitive	limonnıñ	limonlarnıñ
dative	limonğa	limonlarğa
accusative	limonnı	limonlarnı
locative	limonda	limonlarda
ablative	limondan	limonlardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “limon”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimon/
• Rhymes: -imon
• Syllabification: li‧mon
• Hyphenation: lim‧on

Noun

limon

1. accusative singular of limo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimon/, [ˈlimo̞n]
• Rhymes: -imon
• Syllabification^(key): li‧mon
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧mon

Noun

limon

1. genitive/accusative singular of limo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.mɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Hyphenation: li‧mon

Etymology 1

From Latin limus.

Noun

limon m (plural limons)

1. silt (fine earth deposited by water)

Related terms

• délimoner
• élimoner
• liman
• limicole (“limicolous”)
• limivore
• limnadie
• limnanthème
• limnatis
• limnébie
• limnée
• limnétique
• limnicole
• limnigraphe
• limnimètre (“limnimeter, stream gauge”)
• limnimétrie
• limnimétrique
• limnique
• limnite
• limnius
• limnivore
• limnobaris
• limnobie
• limnobios
• limnodrome
• limnogale
• limnologie (“limnology”)
• limnologique (“limnological”)
• limnologiste (“limnologist”)
• limnologue
• limnomètre
• limnométrie
• limnométrique
• limnophile
• limnoplancton
• limnorie
• limnotrague
• limonage
• limonement
• limoner
• limoneux (“muddy, slimy”)
• limonite
• limoniteux

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

limon m (plural limons)

1. shaft (in a carriage)

Derived terms

• limonier
• limonière

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian limóne.

Noun

limon m (plural limons)

1. lemon (Citrus limon)
2. Key lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia)

Derived terms

• limonier

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: limon
• → Wolof: limoŋ

See also

• citron

Further reading

• “limon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.mɔn], [ˈlɪ.mɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.mon]
• Hyphenation: lī̆‧mon

Noun

lī̆mon or lī̆mō f (genitive lī̆mō̆nis); third declension

1. (New Latin) lemon
   • 1576, [Pope John XXI], Thesaurus Pauperum: Petri Hispani pontificis Romani, philosophi ac medici doctissimi, de Medendis morbis humani corporis Liber: Experimenta particularia per simplicia Medicamenta ex probatissimis Autoribus, & proprijs obseruationibus collecta, continens. […], Francof. apud hæred. Chr. Egen., folio 62, recto:

     Item, Succus Limonis efficax est ad calculum.

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   • 1620, Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae [New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature] (Instauratio Magna [The Great Instauration]), London: Apud Joannem Billium, Typographum Regium, page 299:

     Odores quoque (licet in his videatur ſemper eſſe quædam Emiſsio corporea) operantur ad Distantias notabiles; vt euenire ſolet nauigantibus iuxta litora Floridæ, aut etiam nonnulla Hiſpaniæ, vbi ſunt Syluæ totæ ex arboribus Limonum, Arantiorum, & huiuſmodi Plantarum adoratarum, aut frutices Roriſmarini, Maioranæ, & ſimilium.

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   • 1661, Melchior Sebizius [Melchior Sebisch the Younger], Manualis, siue Speculi medicinae Practici, in usum Medicinæ Tyronum ex bonis & probatis Authoribus concinnati, […], volume 1, Strasbourg: Typis & Impensis Friderici Spoor, page 1308:

     Quibus addi poſſunt ſucci malorum Citriorum & Limonum.

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   • 1788, [Royal College of Physicians], Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, London: Apud Josephum Johnson; Rotterdam: Apud C. R. Hake, page 96:

     SYRUPUS SUCCI LIMONIS. ℞. Succi limonum, poſtquam fæces ſubſederint, colati m. libras duas, Sacchari purificati p. uncias quinquaginta.

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lī̆mon lī̆mō	lī̆mō̆nēs
genitive	lī̆mō̆nis	lī̆mō̆num
dative	lī̆mō̆nī	lī̆mō̆nibus
accusative	lī̆mō̆nem	lī̆mō̆nēs
ablative	lī̆mō̆ne	lī̆mō̆nibus
vocative	lī̆mon lī̆mō	lī̆mō̆nēs

Related terms

• Citrus limon
• lī̆mōnāta

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French limon.

Noun

limon

1. lemon, lime

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 204
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 639

Norman

Etymology

From Italian limóne.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

limon m (plural limons)

1. (Jersey) lemon

Derived terms

• limongni (“lemon tree”)

Piedmontese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈmuŋ/

Noun

limon m

1. lemon

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French limon.

Noun

limon

1. lemon, lime

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

Slovene

Noun

limon

1. inflection of limona:
   1. genitive dual
   2. genitive plural

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish limón (“lemon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈmon/ [lɪˈmon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: li‧mon

Noun

limón (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)

1. lemon (tree and fruit)
2. lemon drop (candy)

Related terms

• limonsito
• limonada

Anagrams

• milon

Turkish

limon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Austroasiaticbor.

Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor.

Ottoman Turkish لیمون (limon)

Turkish limon

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لیمون (limon), borrowed from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū), borrowed from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū), borrowed from an Austroasiatic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈmon/, [ʎ̟iˈmo̞ʷn̟]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: li‧mon

Noun

limon (definite accusative limonu, plural limonlar)

1. lemon (citrus fruit)

Declension

Declension of limon

singular plural nominative limon limonlar definite accusative limonu limonları dative limona limonlara locative limonda limonlarda ablative limondan limonlardan genitive limonun limonların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular limonum limonlarım 2nd singular limonun limonların 3rd singular limonu limonları 1st plural limonumuz limonlarımız 2nd plural limonunuz limonlarınız 3rd plural limonları limonları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular limonumu limonlarımı 2nd singular limonunu limonlarını 3rd singular limonunu limonlarını 1st plural limonumuzu limonlarımızı 2nd plural limonunuzu limonlarınızı 3rd plural limonlarını limonlarını dative singular plural 1st singular limonuma limonlarıma 2nd singular limonuna limonlarına 3rd singular limonuna limonlarına 1st plural limonumuza limonlarımıza 2nd plural limonunuza limonlarınıza 3rd plural limonlarına limonlarına locative singular plural 1st singular limonumda limonlarımda 2nd singular limonunda limonlarında 3rd singular limonunda limonlarında 1st plural limonumuzda limonlarımızda 2nd plural limonunuzda limonlarınızda 3rd plural limonlarında limonlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular limonumdan limonlarımdan 2nd singular limonundan limonlarından 3rd singular limonundan limonlarından 1st plural limonumuzdan limonlarımızdan 2nd plural limonunuzdan limonlarınızdan 3rd plural limonlarından limonlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular limonumun limonlarımın 2nd singular limonunun limonlarının 3rd singular limonunun limonlarının 1st plural limonumuzun limonlarımızın 2nd plural limonunuzun limonlarınızın 3rd plural limonlarının limonlarının

References

• “limon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “limon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лимо́н (limón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liˈmoːn]
• Hyphenation: li‧mon

Noun

limon (definite accusative limony, plural limonlar)

1. lemon (tree and fruit)

   Synonym: leýmun

Declension

Declension of limon

	singular	plural
nominative	limon	limonlar
accusative	limony	limonlary
genitive	limonuň	limonlaryň
dative	limona	limonlara
locative	limonda	limonlarda
ablative	limondan	limonlardan

Derived terms

• limon kislotasy (“citric acid”)
• limonly (“containing lemon”)

Further reading

• “limon”, in Türkmen Diliniň Düşündirişli Sözlügi [Explanatory Dictionary of the Turkmen Language]‎^[3] (in Turkmen), volume 2, Ashgabat: Ylym Neşirýaty, 2016, page 77

Uzbek

Noun

limon (plural limonlar)

1. lemon

   Synonym: limu

Zazaki

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

limon

1. lemon