Definitions For Liminal

Adjective

Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. from late 19th c. Of or pertaining to a beginning#noun, beginning or first stage#noun, stage of a process#noun, process. from late 19th c. : {{synonyms, en, inceptive, inchoative, marginal}}

Derived terms

{{der2, en, liminality, liminary, liminoid, subliminal, superliminal}}

Related terms

{{rel3, en, delimit, delimitation, limit, limitation, limited, limitedly, limitedness, limitless, limitlessly, preliminarily, preliminary, unlimited, unlimitedly, unlimitedness}}

Translations

Dutch: overgangs- Galician: limiar, m German: Schwelle, alt=Schwell- Greek: μεθοριακός, m, sc=Grek, μεταιχμιακός, m, sc=Grek Irish: tairseachúil Italian: liminare, m, f Russian: поро́говый, m Spanish: liminar Galician: limiar, m

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, liminalis}}, from līmen, , doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement{{R:Lexico}} + -ālis, , suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns. Līmen is possibly derived from līmus, , askew; sideways (possibly ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, Heh₃l-, , to bend, bow; elbow}}) + -men, , suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension (from {{der, en, ine-pro, *-mn̥, , suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs}}).