English Explanatory Dictionary

limerick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
name
  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A city in County Limerick.
  3. A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Irish.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/ en-us-limerick.ogg En-us-Limerick.oga

Word forms

limerick limericks limeric

Etymology

From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [ˈl̪ˠɪmʲənʲəx].

Derived words

limeraiku limericist limerick hook limerick Limerick Junction Limerick lace

Translations

Arabic: لِيمِرِيك Armenian: Լիմերիկ Azerbaijani: Limerik Belarusian: Лімерык Breton: Luimneach Bulgarian: Ли́мерик Cebuano: Luimneach Chinese Mandarin: 利默里克 West-Frisian: Limmerik Georgian: ლიმერიკი German: Limerick Greek: Λίμερικ Hebrew: לימריק Irish: Luimneach Irish: Cathair Luimnigh Japanese: リムリック Korean: 리머릭 Latin: Limericum Lithuanian: Limerikas Macedonian: Лимерик Manx: Limmeragh Marathi: लिमेरिक Ossetian: Лимерик Persian: لیمرک Polish: Limerick Russian: Ли́мерик Scots: Limerick Scottish Gaelic: Luimneach Ukrainian: Лімерик Urdu: لیمرک Uzbek: Limerik
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