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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishlame, fromOld Englishlama(“lame”), fromProto-West Germanic*lam, fromProto-Germanic*lamaz(“lame”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₃lemH-(“to tire; to break”).[1]

Adjective

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lame (comparativelamer,superlativelamest)

  1. (especially of an animal)Unable towalk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
    Synonym:crippled
    With the years, this horse has little by little gonelame
    .
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC, Canto XXIII,page39:
      Alone, alone, to where he sits,
      The Shadow cloak’d from head to foot
      Who keeps the keys of all the creeds,
      ⁠I wander, often fallinglame,
      And looking back to whence I came,
      Or on to where the pathway leads;[…]
    1. (of alimb, especially afoot orleg) That cannot be moved properly.
      Synonym:gammy
    2. (dated, now offensive) Physicallydisabled.
      alame man
  2. (by extension, dated)Hobbling;limping;inefficient;imperfect.
    Antonyms:efficient,perfect
    • a.1678 (date written),Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Industry in General”, inThe Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to VII), London:A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published1830–1831,→OCLC:
      alame endeavour
    • c.1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i]:
      O, mostlame and impotent conclusion![…]
    • 1801, Isaac Watts,The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic:
      It is the remark of an ingenious writer, should a barbarous Indian, who had never seen a palace or a ship, view their separate and disjointed parts, and observe the pillars, doors, windows, cornices and turrets of the one, or the prow and stern, the ribs and masts, the ropes and shrouds, the sails and tackle of the other, he would be able to form but a verylame and dark idea of either of those excellent and useful inventions.
    • 1856,J. W. Redhouse,An English and Turkish Dictionary‎[2], page xx:
      The ی consonant is our English y[…] It is really a sad mistake for us, who possess this useful consonant, to adopt thelame expedient to which other languages are forced to have recourse, namely, the use of the vowel i, with or without the diaresis over it.
  3. (colloquial)Unconvincing orunbelievable.
    Synonym:weak
    Antonyms:convincing,believable
    He had a reallylame excuse for missing the birthday party.
  4. (colloquial)Uncool,uninteresting, orunfunny.
    He kept telling these extremelylame jokes all night.
Derived terms
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Translations
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unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
moving with difficulty
by extension, hobbling
slang: unconvincing
slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
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Verb

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lame (third-person singular simple presentlames,present participlelaming,simple past and past participlelamed)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
    Synonyms:cripple,disable
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to cause a person or animal to become lame

Noun

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lame (plurallames)

  1. (prisonslang) Astupid orundesirable person.
    • 2011,Lil' Kim, “Black Friday”:
      Youlames tryna clone my style and run wit it.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Frenchlame, fromLatinlāmina.Doublet oflamina.

Noun

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A bread lame

lame (plurallames)

  1. A thin layer orplate of material, as in certain kinds ofarmor.
    Synonyms:lamella(sometimes diminutive),lamina(sometimes synonymous)
    • 2013, Paul F Walker,History of Armour 1100-1700, Crowood,→ISBN:
      This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lowerlame of the pauldron. This lip allows the arm to rotate without the need for leather straps and can be clearly seen carved on to the effigy[…]
    • 2015, Anne Curry, Malcolm Mercer,The Battle of Agincourt, Yale University Press,→ISBN, page120:
      These pauldrons are generally asymmetrical with the left pauldron wider than the right, which is cut away for the passage of the lance. It would be attached to the shoulder by points through a restored leather tab on the toplame at the apex[…]
  2. (in theplural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
  3. Akitchen tool forscoring bread dough beforebaking.
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Translations
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tool for scoring bread

References

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  1. ^Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lamjan- w.v. ‘to beat (up), cripple’”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series;11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston:Brill,→ISBN,page326

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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lame

  1. lamely

Estonian

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Etymology

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Fromlamama +‎-e.

Adjective

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lame (genitivelameda,partitivelamedat,comparativelamedam,superlativekõige lamedam)

  1. flat

Declension

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Declension oflame (ÕS type2/õpik, no gradation)
singularplural
nominativelamelamedad
accusativenom.
gen.lameda
genitivelamedate
partitivelamedatlamedaid
illativelamedasselamedatesse
lamedaisse
inessivelamedaslamedates
lamedais
elativelamedastlamedatest
lamedaist
allativelamedalelamedatele
lamedaile
adessivelamedallamedatel
lamedail
ablativelamedaltlamedatelt
lamedailt
translativelamedakslamedateks
lamedaiks
terminativelamedanilamedateni
essivelamedanalamedatena
abessivelamedatalamedateta
comitativelamedagalamedatega

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinlāmina, through the accusativelāminam.Doublet oflamine, a borrowing.

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Noun

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lame f (plurallames)

  1. lamina
  2. blade
  3. wave
  4. tarotcard

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Friulian

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromLatinlāmina. CompareRomanschloma,lama,Frenchlame,Italian andVenetanlama.

Noun

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lame f (plurallamis)

  1. blade

German

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Etymology

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From the English adjectivelame.

Adjective

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lame (strong nominative masculine singularlamer,not comparable)

  1. (slang)boring; unimpressive
  2. (slang)unskilled; useless
    Ich wollte nicht sagen, dass das, was die machen, totallame ist.
    I didn’t want to say that what they are doing is totallylame.

Declension

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Positive forms oflame (uncomparable)
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristlamesieistlameesistlamesiesindlame
strong declension
(without article)		nominativelamerlamelameslame
genitivelamenlamerlamenlamer
dativelamemlamerlamemlamen
accusativelamenlamelameslame
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederlamedielamedaslamedielamen
genitivedeslamenderlamendeslamenderlamen
dativedemlamenderlamendemlamendenlamen
accusativedenlamendielamedaslamedielamen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinlamereinelameeinlames(keine)lamen
genitiveeineslameneinerlameneineslamen(keiner)lamen
dativeeinemlameneinerlameneinemlamen(keinen)lamen
accusativeeinenlameneinelameeinlames(keine)lamen

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈla.me/
  • Rhymes:-ame
  • Hyphenation:là‧me

Noun

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lame f

  1. plural oflama

Anagrams

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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FromFrenchmain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lame

  1. hand

Middle English

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Verb

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lame

  1. Toshine.
    (Can wefind and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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lame

  1. (non-standard since2012)definitesingular oflam
  2. (non-standard since2012)plural oflam

Etymology 2

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Noun

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lame m (definite singularlameen,indefinite plurallamear,definite plurallameane)

  1. alternative spelling oflamé

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lāme

  1. dativesingular oflām

Old French

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Noun

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lameoblique singular, f (oblique plurallames,nominative singularlame,nominative plurallames)

  1. blade(of a weapon)

Romanian

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Noun

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lame f

  1. inflection oflamă:
    1. indefiniteplural
    2. indefinitegenitive/dativesingular

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlame/[ˈla.me]
  • Rhymes:-ame
  • Syllabification:la‧me

Verb

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lame

  1. inflection oflamer:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Swedish

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Adjective

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lame

  1. definitenatural masculinesingular oflam
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