adjective · rare

liminal

li·min·al

liminal · more liminal · most liminal

пороговый

Schwell-

Of or pertaining to an entrance or thresholdOf or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.

/ˈlɪmən(ə)l/

» Mary always thought she heard her mother calling her during that liminal moment between waking and falling asleep.

Meaning

4 senses

Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
Schwell-
поро́говыйporógovyj
Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.
(informal)Of an empty environment that evokes a surreal blend of nostalgia, comfort, and unease; see liminal space.

Examples

1 sentences

Mary always thought she heard her mother calling her during that liminal moment between waking and falling asleep.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

pertaining to an entrance or threshold:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

pertaining to an entrance or threshold:

Origin

From Latin līmināris, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, comm

From Latin līmināris, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Līmen is possibly derived from līmus (“askew; sideways”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)).

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