I didn't think Tom's limerick was very funny.
Source: tatoeba (11620797)
Limerick
//ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk//
Synonyms for "limerick" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesderived
5 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- لِيمِرِيك name (town)
Armenian
1 entries- Լիմերիկ name (town)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Limerik name (town)
Belarusian
1 entries- Лімерык name (town)
Breton
1 entries- Luimneach name (town)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Лимерик name (town)
Cebuano
1 entries- Luimneach name (town)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 利默里克 name (town)
- 五行打油詩 /五行打油诗 noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Dutch
1 entries- limerick noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Esperanto
1 entries- limeriko noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Finnish
1 entries- limerikki noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
French
1 entries- limerick noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიმერიკი name (town)
German
3 entries- Limerick name (county)
- Limerick name (town)
- Limerick noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Greek
1 entries- Λίμερικ name (town)
Hebrew
1 entries- לימריק name (town)
Icelandic
1 entries- limra noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Irish
4 entries- Cathair Luimnigh name (town)
- Contae Luimnigh name (county)
- Luimneach name (county)
- Luimneach name (town)
Japanese
2 entries- リムリック name (town)
- リメリック noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Korean
1 entries- 리머릭 name (town)
Latin
2 entries- Limericum name (county)
- Limericum name (town)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Limerikas name (town)
Macedonian
2 entries- Лимерик name (county)
- Лимерик name (town)
Manx
1 entries- Limmeragh name (town)
Marathi
2 entries- लिमेरिक name (county)
- लिमेरिक name (town)
Ossetian
1 entries- Лимерик name (town)
Persian
1 entries- لیمرک name (town)
Polish
3 entries- Limerick name (county)
- Limerick name (town)
- limeryk noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Portuguese
1 entries- limerique noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Russian
3 entries- Ли́мерик name (county)
- Ли́мерик name (town)
- ли́мерик noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Scots
2 entries- Limerick name (county)
- Limerick name (town)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Luimneach name (town)
Spanish
2 entries- quintilla noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
- quintilla jocosa noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Swedish
1 entries- limerick noun (humorous rhyming verse of five lines)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Лімерик name (town)
Urdu
1 entries- لیمرک name (town)
Uzbek
1 entries- Limerik name (town)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Limmerik name (town)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The limerick is an Irish poetry form.
Source: tatoeba (11620800)
The limerick, it would appear, Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear; Two long and two short Lines rhymed, as was taught, And a fifth just to bring up the rear.
Source: wiktionary
Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy. Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?
Source: wiktionary
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