Lime

//laɪm//

Synonyms for "lime" (131 found)

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Translations

273 translations across 105 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lemmetjie noun (green citrus fruit)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gëlqere noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τίτανος noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بنزهير noun (green citrus fruit)
  • بَنْزَهِير noun (green citrus fruit)
  • جِير noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • ليم noun (green citrus fruit)

Aragonese

2 entries
  • calsina noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • calso noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կիր noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܠܲܝܡܵܐ noun (green citrus fruit)

Asturian

2 entries
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • llima noun (green citrus fruit)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • əhəng noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • вапна noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • лайм noun (green citrus fruit)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • laim noun (green citrus fruit)

Bengali

1 entries
  • চুন noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • चूना noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • limau nipis noun (green citrus fruit)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • вар noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • лайм noun (green citrus fruit)
  • варосвам verb (to treat with lime)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သံပရာ noun (green citrus fruit)

Catalan

3 entries
  • calç noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • envescada noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)
  • llima noun (green citrus fruit)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • apog noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئاھەک noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • قسڵ noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Chechen

1 entries
  • кир noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 青檸 /青柠 noun (green citrus fruit)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 石灰 noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • 萊姆 /莱姆 noun (green citrus fruit)
  • 萊檬 /莱檬 noun (green citrus fruit)
  • 酸橙 noun (green citrus fruit)

Cornish

1 entries
  • limaval noun (green citrus fruit)

Corsican

1 entries
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Czech

4 entries
  • limeta noun (green citrus fruit)
  • limetka noun (green citrus fruit)
  • limetková noun (colour)
  • vápno noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Danish

2 entries
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lime noun (green citrus fruit)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lijm noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)
  • limoen noun (green citrus fruit)
  • limoenenboom noun (citrus tree)

East Frisian Low Saxon

1 entries
  • liimäet noun (green citrus fruit)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • kalko noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • limearbo noun (citrus tree)
  • limeo noun (green citrus fruit)
  • limeo noun (citrus tree)

Estonian

4 entries
  • liim noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)
  • lubi noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • paas noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lubjapesu verb (to apply limewash)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kálk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Finnish

4 entries
  • limetinmakuinen adj (having the aroma or taste of lime)
  • limetti adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • kalkki noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • liisteri noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)

French

4 entries
  • citron vert adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • chaux noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • citron vert noun (green citrus fruit)
  • citronnier vert noun (citrus tree)

Galician

1 entries
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კირი noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • ლაიმი noun (green citrus fruit)

German

4 entries
  • Limetten adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • mit Limettenaroma adj (having the aroma or taste of lime)
  • mit Limettengeschmack adj (having the aroma or taste of lime)
  • Kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Greek

1 entries
  • μοσχολέμονο noun (green citrus fruit)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סִיד noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • apug noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • apog noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Hindi

2 entries
  • चूना noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • चुनाई verb (to treat with lime)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • mész noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • zöldcitrom noun (green citrus fruit)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • gulgrænn noun (colour)
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • límóna noun (green citrus fruit)
  • límónutré noun (citrus tree)

Ido

1 entries
  • kalko noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kapur noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)

Ingush

1 entries
  • кӏир noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Irish

4 entries
  • aol noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • crann líomaí noun (citrus tree)
  • glas líoma noun (colour)
  • líoma noun (green citrus fruit)

Italian

4 entries
  • calce noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lima noun (green citrus fruit)
  • lima noun (citrus tree)
  • lime noun (green citrus fruit)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ライム noun (green citrus fruit)
  • ライム色 noun (colour)
  • 石灰 noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • 黄緑色 noun (colour)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಲಿಂಬೆ noun (green citrus fruit)
  • ಸುಣ್ಣ noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Kavalan

1 entries
  • apuk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្រូចឆ្មារ noun (green citrus fruit)

Korean

2 entries
  • 라임 noun (green citrus fruit)
  • 석회 noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Ladin

1 entries
  • ciauc noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫມາກນາວ noun (green citrus fruit)

Latin

3 entries
  • calx noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • viscum noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)
  • invisco verb (to smear with birdlime)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kaļķis noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • laims noun (green citrus fruit)

Laz

1 entries
  • კირი noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • laimas noun (green citrus fruit)
  • žalioji citrina noun (green citrus fruit)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • вар noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • лиме́та noun (green citrus fruit)
  • светложо́лто-зеле́нкаста noun (colour)
  • варосува verb (to treat with lime)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • sokay noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Malay

1 entries
  • kapur noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • ചുണ്ണാമ്പ് noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • ചെറുനാരകം noun (citrus tree)
  • ചെറുനാരങ്ങ noun (green citrus fruit)
  • ജോനകനാരകം noun (citrus tree)

Maltese

2 entries
  • lajm noun (colour)
  • ġir noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • apog noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • шохой noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • limacuahuitl noun (citrus tree)
  • limaxōcotl noun (green citrus fruit)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼil dootłʼizhí díkʼǫ́zhígíí noun (green citrus fruit)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • calce noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Nepali

1 entries
  • कागती noun (green citrus fruit)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kisl noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lime noun (green citrus fruit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lime noun (green citrus fruit)

Occitan

1 entries
  • calç noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كیرج noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Persian

2 entries
  • آهک noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • گرچ noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kaulkj noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Polish

4 entries
  • limonowy adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • lima noun (green citrus fruit)
  • lima noun (citrus tree)
  • limeta noun (green citrus fruit)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lima noun (green citrus fruit)
  • limeira noun (citrus tree)
  • limão noun (green citrus fruit)

Quechua

1 entries
  • isku noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Romanian

4 entries
  • limetă noun (green citrus fruit)
  • limetă noun (citrus tree)
  • lămâie verde noun (green citrus fruit)
  • oxid de calciu noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Russian

4 entries
  • ла́ймовый adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • жё̀лто-зелё́ный noun (colour)
  • зелёный лимо́н noun (green citrus fruit)
  • и́звесть noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • निम्बू noun (green citrus fruit)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • limeta noun (green citrus fruit)
  • лимета noun (green citrus fruit)

Shan

1 entries
  • မၢၵ်ႇၽႃႈ noun (green citrus fruit)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • දෙහි noun (green citrus fruit)

Slovene

4 entries
  • limetast adj (having the aroma or taste of lime)
  • limetin adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • apno noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • limeta noun (green citrus fruit)

Spanish

4 entries
  • de lima adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • cal noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lima noun (green citrus fruit)
  • lima noun (colour)

Swahili

4 entries
  • chokaa noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • dimu noun (green citrus fruit)
  • mdimu noun (citrus tree)
  • ndimu noun (green citrus fruit)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fågellim noun (gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture)
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lime noun (green citrus fruit)
  • kalka verb (to treat with lime)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • apog noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • pirali noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Tajik

1 entries
  • оҳак noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தேசிக்காய் noun (green citrus fruit)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సున్నము noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปูนขาว noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • มะนาว noun (green citrus fruit)

Turkish

4 entries
  • lim aromalı adj (having the aroma or taste of lime)
  • lim sulu adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • limli adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • limli adj (having the aroma or taste of lime)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ла́ймовий adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • вапно noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • лайм noun (green citrus fruit)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • vôi adj (containing lime or lime juice)
  • chanh noun (green citrus fruit)
  • vôi noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Welsh

2 entries
  • calch noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • leim noun (green citrus fruit)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • kalk noun (inorganic material containing calcium)
  • lemoen noun (green citrus fruit)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • wažązi teek coo noun (green citrus fruit)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאַלך noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Zulu

1 entries
  • umcako noun (inorganic material containing calcium)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And she'll never walk down Lime Street anymore.

Source: tatoeba (63460)

The woman downed the gin and lime that was served in one swallow.

Source: tatoeba (422032)

Those little yogurts may be guiltless, but do they really taste like key lime pie?

Source: tatoeba (718009)

I am coating the wall with lime.

Source: tatoeba (1665322)

Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.