limousine
See also: Limousine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌlɪməˈziːn/
Noun
limousine (plural limousines)
- An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
- An automobile with such a body. [from 1902]
- Synonym: limo (slang)
- A luxury sedan/saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]
- Synonym: limo (slang)
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- 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.
- An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses. [from 1959]
- Synonym: shuttle
Derived terms
Translations
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
luxury sedan/saloon car
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Afrikaans
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌli.muˈzi.nə/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌli.moːˈzi.nə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: li‧mou‧si‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
French
Etymology
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].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.mu.zin/
Noun
limousine f (plural limousines)
References
Further reading
- “limousine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
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