linea

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See also: línea and lineá

English

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Etymology

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of line.

Noun

linea (plural lineas or lineae)

  1. (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
    The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.
  2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ne.a/
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  • Rhymes: -inea
  • Hyphenation: lì‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”).

Noun

linea f (plural linee, diminutive lineétta or (uncommon) lineìna)

  1. line
  2. dash (Morse code symbol)
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

linea

  1. inflection of lineare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Etymology

From līneus (“flaxen; flaxen ”), from līnum (“flax”).

Pronunciation

Noun

līnea f (genitive līneae); first declension

  1. A linen thread.
  2. Any line, thread, or string, particularly
    1. The warp and weft during weaving.
    2. A fishing line.
    3. A plumbline.
    4. A bowstring.
    5. (geometry) A geometric line .
    6. A boundary line.
    7. A line of descent, a lineage.
    8. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative līnea līneae
Genitive līneae līneārum
Dative līneae līneīs
Accusative līneam līneās
Ablative līneā līneīs
Vocative līnea līneae

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Adjective

līnea

  1. inflection of līneus (“flaxen”):
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

līneā

  1. ablative feminine singular of līneus

References

  • “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • linea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • linea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “linea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈnea/
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

Verb

linea

  1. inflection of linear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlinea/
  • Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

Noun

linea

  1. Misspelling of línea.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

líneá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜌ)

  1. Alternative form of linya
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