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limo

Syllables: lim·o/ˈlɪm.əʊ̯/UK/ˈlɪm.əʊ̯/

limo is the clipping of limousine.

Meaning of limousine

Noun

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.
    Synonyms:
    limo
  3. A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
    • 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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6
    Synonyms:
    limo
  4. An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.
    Synonyms:
    shuttle

Forms of limo

plurallimos

Origin of limo

Clipping of limousine. First attested in 1929.

Words formed from limo

Questions about limo

What is limo the clipping of?
Limo is the clipping of limousine.
How do you pronounce limo?
Limo is pronounced /ˈlɪm.əʊ̯/.

Words near limo in the dictionary

  1. limnoscelid
  2. limnoscelids
  3. limnoterrestrial
  4. limns
  5. limnæmic
  6. limo
  7. limocitrin
  8. limocitrol
  9. Limoges
  10. Limoges ware
  11. Limoges wares

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: limo (page history and authors); limousine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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