كيف تنطق "limey"
word
ˈlaɪmi
LYE-mee
lˈaɪmi
LYE-mee
التعريف
An old-fashioned and informal slang term, sometimes offensive, used mainly by Americans to refer to someone from Britain, especially an English person.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈlaɪmi
الإنجليزية البريطانية
lˈaɪmi
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
LYE-mee
بريطاني
LYE-mee
استمع في السياق
He called the British tourist a limey.
Some Americans used to call British sailors limeys.
The word limey comes from British sailors eating limes.
It sounds a bit rude to call someone a limey these days.