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limousine

See also: Limousine

English

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A limousine (sense 3).

Etymology

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Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

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limousine (plural limousines)

  1. An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
  2. An automobile with such a body. [from 1902]
    Synonym: limo (slang)
  3. A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]
    Synonym: limo (slang)
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
      It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
  4. An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses. [from 1959]
    Synonym: shuttle

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Translations

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automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front
automobile with such a body

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French limousine or English limousine.

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limousine (plural limousines)

  1. limousine (luxury sedan)
    Synonym: limo

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French limousine.

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limousine f (plural limousines)

  1. limousine (luxury sedan)
    Synonym: limo

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French

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Etymology

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From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.[1][2]

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limousine f (plural limousines)

  1. (fashion) traditional woolen cloak from Haute-Vienne
  2. (automotive) limousine, luxury car
    Synonym: berline
  4. (zoology) limousin (cattle breed)

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Adjective

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limousine

  1. feminine singular of limousin

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of “limousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043942/http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/Merci-Professeur/p-17081-Berline-et-limousine.htm

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French limousine.

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  • Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne

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limousine f (plural limousines)

  1. Alternative spelling of limusine

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limousine c

  1. a limousine (luxury sedan)

Declension

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Declension of limousine
nominative genitive
singular indefinite limousine limousines
definite limousinen limousinens
plural indefinite limousiner limousiners
definite limousinerna limousinernas

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