limiar

Galician

Foulas (poema limiar) (Seafoam splashes - a foreword poem), by Manuel Antonio

Alternative forms

• lumiar

Etymology

From Latin līminaris, from līmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈmjaɾ/

Noun

limiar m (plural limiares)

1. threshold, border, limit
2. doorstep

   Synonyms: soarego, soleira

3. foreword

   Synonym: prefacio

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lumiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “limiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “limiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin līmināre. Doublet of liminar and umbral.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ʁ)/ [li.mɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ʁ)/ [liˈmja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ʁ)/ [li.mɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ʁ)/ [liˈmja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ɾ)/ [li.mɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ʁ)/ [li.mɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ʁ)/ [liˈmja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.miˈa(ɻ)/ [li.mɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /liˈmja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: li‧mi‧ar

Noun

limiar m (plural limiares)

1. threshold, border, limit

   no limiar de ― about to