limbo

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Енглески

Pronunciation

• (UK) МФА^(кључ): /ˈlɪmbəʊ/

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• (US) МФА^(кључ): /ˈlɪmboʊ/
• Риме: -ɪmbəʊ
• Hyphenation: lim‧bo

Etymology 1

From Средњи Енглески lymbo; equivalent to Латински limbus (“border”) (cognate with limp), notably in the (ablative) expression in limbō (“on the edge”).

Noun

limbo (countable and uncountable, plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).
2. (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.

   My passport application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.

   • 2021 мај 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, strana 51:

     But the railway is in limbo, paralysed by indecision. Let's have some clarity.

3. (slang, archaic) A lockup or jail cell.
   • 1894, Arthur George Frederick Griffiths, Secrets of the Prison-house: Or, Gaol Studies and Sketches (page 144)

     Blind Thaddeus O'Gorman was soon sent to limbo, safely secured in the police lock-up at Green Skipperton, whence he was removed next day to the nearest gaol, there to await trial at the next assize.

Translations

place for innocent souls

• Armenian: քավարան (hy) (kʿavaran)
• Bulgarian: преддверие на ада n (preddverie na ada)
• Catalan: llimbs (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靈薄獄, 灵薄狱 (língbáoyù)

• Czech: předpeklí n
• Dutch: limbo (nl) n, limbus (nl), voorgeborchte (nl) n
• Finnish: limbus, välitila
• French: limbes (fr) m pl
• German: Limbus (de) m, Vorhölle (de) f

• Hungarian: a pokol tornáca, limbus
• Japanese: 辺獄 (へんごく, hengoku), 辺土 (へんど, hendo)
• Korean: 림보 (rimbo), 지옥의 변방 (jiog-ui byeonbang)
• Middle English: lymbo, limbus
• Polish: otchłań (pl) f
• Portuguese: limbo (pt) m
• Russian: лимб (ru) m (limb)
• Spanish: limbo (es) m

in-between state

• Catalan: llimbs (ca) m pl
• Finnish: paitsio (fi)
• French: limbes (fr)
• German: Schwebezustand (de) m
• Hungarian: köztes állapot/helyzet, bizonytalanság (hu)
• Japanese: リンボ (rinbo)

• Polish: próżnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: limbo (pt) m
• Russian: подве́шенное состоя́ние n (podvéšennoje sostojánije), лимб (ru) m (limb)
• Spanish: limbo (es) m

Derived terms

• limbo set

See also

• aftermath
• hell
• paradise
• purgatory

Etymology 2

Word of uncertain West Indian (notably Jamaican) origin, probably an alteration of limber as it is a physical agility test.

Noun

limbo (plural limbos)

1. A dance in which dancers take turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position.
   • 1993, Alan Tucker, The Berlitz Travellers Guide to the Caribbean (page 149)

     If you're not up for watching limbos, bottle dancing, and fire eating, your best bet might be a leisurely dinner […]

Translations

dance with bar that is lowered

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 林波舞

• Dutch: limbo (nl) m
• Finnish: limbo (fi)

• French: limbo (fr) m
• Hungarian: limbó
• Marathi: लिम्बो m
• Russian: ли́мбо (ru) m (límbo)

Verb

limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed)

1. To dance in this way.

References

• “limbo” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2023.
• Шаблон:R:Webster NCD 1967
• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Mobil ^{(alphagram bilmo)}

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈlɪm.boː/
• Hyphenation: lim‧bo

Etymology 1

From Латински in limbō (“on the edge”).

Proper noun

limbo m or n

1. Limbo, the place where innocent souls barred from heaven exist.

   Синонимs: limbus, voorgeborchte

Alternative forms

• Limbo

Noun

limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)

1. Limbo, in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.

Alternative forms

• Limbo

Etymology 2

Word of uncertain West Indian (possibly Jamaican) origin, recorded since 1956, probably an alteration of limber as it is a physical agility test.

Noun

limbo n (uncountable)

1. limbo, the low-dancing game below a bar

Etymology 3

From a clipping of Limburger +‎ -o.

Noun

limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)

1. (colloquial) A Limburger, a person from Limburg.

Alternative forms

• Limbo

See also

• Limbabwe

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Finnish

Noun

limbo

1. limbo (dance with bar that is lowered)

Declension

Inflection of limbo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		limbo	limbot
genitive		limbon	limbojen
partitive		limboa	limboja
illative		limboon	limboihin
		singular	plural
nominative		limbo	limbot
accusative	nom.	limbo	limbot
	gen.	limbon
genitive		limbon	limbojen
partitive		limboa	limboja
inessive		limbossa	limboissa
elative		limbosta	limboista
illative		limboon	limboihin
adessive		limbolla	limboilla
ablative		limbolta	limboilta
allative		limbolle	limboille
essive		limbona	limboina
translative		limboksi	limboiksi
instructive		—	limboin
abessive		limbotta	limboitta
comitative		—	limboineen

Possessive forms of limbo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	limboni	limbomme
2nd person	limbosi	limbonne
3rd person	limbonsa

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limbo

limbo (српски, ћир. limbo)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) МФА^(кључ): /ˈlim.boː/, [ˈlʲɪm.boː]

Noun

limbō

1. dative/ablative singular of limbus

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Middle English

Noun

limbo

1. Alternative form of lymbo

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лимбо

лимбо (српски, lat. limbo)

Noun

limbo m (plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholicism) limbo (place for innocent souls)
2. (figuratively) limbo (state of neglect or oblivion)
3. (botany) blade (the flat part of a leaf or petal)

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лимбо

лимбо (српски, lat. limbo)

Etymology

From Латински limbus.

Pronunciation

МФА^(кључ): /ˈlimbo/, [ˈlĩmbo]

Noun

limbo m (plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholic theology) limbo (the place where innocent souls exist)
2. limbo (an in-between place)

   limbo jurídico ― legal limbo

3. (botany) blade, edge
4. (астрономија) limb

Further reading

• “limbo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.