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. :

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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 , from līmen, , doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement + -ālis, , suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns. Līmen is possibly derived from līmus, , askew; sideways (possibly ultimately from ) + -men, , suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension (from ).