Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

limousine

/ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: limou-sine
IPA: /ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

An automobile with such a body.

noun

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.

noun

An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.

name

Alternative form of Limousin (“former region in France”).

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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. First attested in 1902.

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1902

Word Breakdown

Root: Lemovices, -

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/

Inflected Forms

limousines (plural)

Derived Forms

limo limousinelike

Phrases

limousine liberal stretch limousine

Synonyms

limo shuttle

Questions

How do you pronounce limousine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/.
What does limousine mean?: An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
Where does limousine come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1902.

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