limace
French, noun/li.mas/
limace is spelled L-I-M-A-C-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limace is a French feminine noun meaning “slug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mollusque gastéropode, à coquille plate très réduite, de forme allongée”.
What does limace mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslug
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mollusque gastéropode, à coquille plate très réduite, de forme allongée. 2. Personne lente. 3. Personne paresseuse. 4. Nom vulgaire de la vis d’Archimède.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of limace
- limaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limace?
- /li.mas/
- \li.mas\
- [yn li.mas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to limace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is limace in French?
limace appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).