liminar
Portuguese, noun/li.miˈna(ʁ)/
liminar is spelled L-I-M-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liminar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “preliminary injunction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algo que é liminarᵃᵈʲ”.
What does liminar mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreliminary injunction
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. preliminar
noun: 1. algo que é liminarᵃᵈʲ 2. decisão de caráter urgente cujo objetivo é evitar perdas para uma das partes antes que o mérito de uma causa seja julgada
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 liminar
- liminares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liminar?
- Brazil /li.miˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [li.miˈna(h)]
- /li.miˈna(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is liminar in Portuguese?
liminar appears 6.3 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).