limousine
/ˌlɪməˈziːn//ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/
limousine 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
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.
- Synonyms:
- limo
- 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
- An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.
- Synonyms:
- shuttle
Proper noun capitalized: Limousine
Limousine
- Alternative form of Limousin (“former region in France”).
limousine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
limousine in Hindi
- luxury sedan/saloon car
- लिमोसिन limosin
limousine in Tamil
- லிமோசின், லிமுசின், லிமூசின்
limousine in Marathi
- लिमोझिन, लिमुझिन, लिमोसिन
limousine in Urdu
- لیموزین, لیموزائن
More languagesFewer languages
- limousine in Bengali
- লিমোসিন, লিমুজিন, লিমোজিন
- limousine in Telugu
- లిమోసిన్, లీమోసిన్
- limousine in Malayalam
- ലിമോസിൻ, ലിമൂസിൻ, ലീമോസിൻ
- limousine in Kannada
- ಲಿಮೋಸಿನ್, ಲಿಮೊಸಿನ್, ಲೀಮೋಸಿನ್
- limousine in Punjabi
- ਲਿਮੋਸਿਨ, ਲੀਮੋਸਿਨ, ਲਿਮੋਜ਼ਿਨ
- limousine in Gujarati
- લિમોઝિન, લિમોસિન, લીમોઝિન
- limousine in Odia
- ଲିମୋସିନ୍, ଲିମୋଜିନ୍, ଲିମୁଜିନ୍
- limousine in Nepali
- लिमोसिन, लिमुजिन, लिमोजिन
- limousine in Tagalog
- limusina, limo
- limousine in Arabic
- لِيمُوزِين līmūzīn
- limousine in Malay
- limusin
- limousine in Indonesian
- limusin, limosin
- limousine in Persian
- لیموزین
- limousine in Thai
- ลีมูซีน lee-moo-seen, ลีโม līmo
- limousine in Vietnamese
- li-mô-xin, li-mô-din, li-mô
Examples of limousine in a sentence
- That fellow's new limousine is the centre of attention, as everyone stops to stare at it.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping on a Hongqi limousine at a parade in Tienanmen Square in Beijing.
- "Beatniks," snorted one grande dame as she pushed her way toward her chauffeur-driven limousine.
Synonyms of limousine
Forms of limousine
| plural | limousines |
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Origin of limousine
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.
Words formed from limousine
Phrases with limousine
Questions about limousine
- What does limousine mean?
- Limousine means an automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
- What is limousine in Hindi?
- Limousine in Hindi is लिमोसिन (limosin). See Limousine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is limousine?
- Limousine can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce limousine?
- Limousine is pronounced /ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of limousine?
- The plural of limousine is limousines.
Words near limousine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: limousine (page history and authors); Limousine (page history and authors); limousine (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limousine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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