limeira
Portuguese, noun/liˈme(j).ɾɐ/
limeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lime (citrus tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore da família das rutáceas originária da Pérsia, semelhante ao limoeiro, e cujo fruto é a lima”.
What does limeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelime (citrus tree)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore da família das rutáceas originária da Pérsia, semelhante ao limoeiro, e cujo fruto é a lima
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of limeira
- limeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limeira?
- Brazil /liˈme(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [liˈme(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /liˈmɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is limeira in Portuguese?
limeira appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).