Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Limpet |
LimpetNoun1. Mollusk with a low conical shell. 2. Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "limpet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LIMPET | English | Land Installed Marine Powered Energy Transformer | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Limpet |
| English words defined with "limpet": Ancylus, Ancylus fluviatilis ♦ common limpet ♦ Diodora apertura, Dragon shell, Duck's-bill limpet ♦ Fissurella apertura, freshwater limpet ♦ genus Ancylus ♦ keyhole limpet ♦ Limpin ♦ Patella vulgata, Patelliform ♦ river limpet ♦ Zygobranchia. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "limpet": Limpin. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't care how terrible your past was, Limpet. (The Incredible Mr. Limpet; writing credit: Jameson Brewer; Joe DiMona) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
 |
| "Limpet" by Ibon San Martin Commentary: "Some limpet on the rock of the beach." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Limpet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.43% of the time. "Limpet" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.43% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "limpet": Bonnet limpet ♦ common limpet ♦ freshwater limpet ♦ keyhole limpet ♦ keyhole limpet hemocyanin ♦ like a limpet ♦ limpet mine ♦ river limpet ♦ slipper limpet. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "limpet": limpet-crusted, limpet-like, limpet-stuck. | |
Ending with "limpet": keyhole-limpet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
incredible mr limpet | 28 |
limpet | 15 |
limpet mr | 8 |
keyhole limpet | 6 |
limpet pad saddle | 4 |
limpet mine | 2 |
limpet shell tortoise | 2 |
giant keyhole limpet | 2 |
hemocyanin keyhole limpet | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "limpet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | اللصقة شخص لا يفارق, بطلينوس صدفة رخوية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вид мида (gaper, scallop, scollop), лепка (barnacle, bur, leech). (various references) | |
Czech | přílepka, klíštì (harvest-mite, tick). (various references) | |
Danish | albueskael. (various references) | |
Dutch | schaalhor, puntkokkel, napslak. (various references) | |
French | patelle, crampon, chapeau chinois, bernique commune. (various references) | |
German | napfschnecke. (various references) | |
Greek | πεταλίδα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tapadó tengeri csiga, kacsakagyló. (various references) | |
Italian | patella (patella). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 青貝 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あおがい. (various references) | |
Manx | bayrnagh, barnagh (flitter; discontinuous), baarnagh (scrappy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impetlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lapas, lapa (cave, cavern). (various references) | |
Russian | блюдечко (saucer). (various references) | |
Scottish | bàirneach (a limpet). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prilepak. (various references) | |
Spanish | lapa (barnacle, macaw). (various references) | |
Swedish | skålsnäcka. (various references) | |
Turkish | deniz minaresi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | блюдечко. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Achea testitudinalis, Patella vulgata. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | lampreda. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "limpet": limpets. (additional references) | |
| |
"Limpet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clampett, impet, Lampett, Lembit, Lempel, Lempert, Lempertz, limpa, Limpac, limpo, Linpoh, lipet, Lipetz, lipit, Lippett, Lipyatt, Llompart, Lomet, lompe, lymphees, Lympne, Lypiatt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "limpet" (pronounced 'Lim"pet'): Moppet, Pompet, Pumpet, Puppet, Scoppet, Serpet, Sippet, Skippet, snippet, Strippet, tappet, tippet, Wappet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-p-t" | |
-1 letter: impel, tempi. | |
-2 letters: emit, item, lept, lime, limp, lipe, lite, melt, mile, milt, mite, pelt, pile, plie, temp, tile, time. | |
-3 letters: elm, imp, lei, let, lie, lip, lit, mel, met, mil, pet, pie, pit, tel, tie, til, tip. | |
-4 letters: el, em, et, it, li, me, mi, pe, pi, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-p-t" | |
+1 letter: emptily, limpest, limpets. | |
+2 letters: impolite, lumpiest, milepost, misspelt, multiped, multiple, palmiest, playtime, plumiest, polemist, prelimit, simplest, tumpline. | |
+3 letters: amplitude, clumpiest, dimpliest, diplomate, eclamptic, glumpiest, implanted, implanter, implement, implicate, imputable, limpsiest, mileposts, multipage, multipeds, multiples, multiplet, multiplex, multipole, multistep, palmitate, penultima, pimpliest, playtimes, plummiest, polemists, prelimits, reimplant, reptilium, rumpliest, simpleton, tumplines. | |
+4 letters: amplitudes, compatible, completing, completion, completist, completive, complexity, complicate, compliment, crumpliest, diplomates, epithelium, epitomical, impalement, impartible, implanters, implements, implicated, implicates, impolitely, importable, impotently, impudently, incomplete, limitrophe, manipulate, metaplasia, metropolis, misplanted, multipaned, multiphase, multipiece, multiplets, multiplied, multiplier, multiplies, multipower, multispeed, palimpsest, palmitates, parimutuel, parliament, pedimental, penultimas, phlegmatic, phlegmiest, planimeter, plummeting, plyometric, polemicist, polytheism, prelimited, premarital, psalterium, reimplants, semipostal, simpletons, slimpsiest, slipstream, spermatial, stepfamily, temptingly, thermopile, trampoline. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Digital Art 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
