linea
English
Alternative forms
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)
- (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
- The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.
Synonyms
- (unit of length): Spanish line, line (Spanish contexts)
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”).
Noun
linea f (plural linee, diminutive lineétta or lineìna)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
linea
- inflection of lineare:
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- linea (Medieval Latin)
Etymology
From līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ne.a/, [ˈlʲiːneä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ne.a/, [ˈliːneä]
Noun
līnea f (genitive līneae); first declension
- A linen thread.
- Any line, thread, or string, particularly
- The warp and weft during weaving.
- A fishing line.
- A plumbline.
- A bowstring.
- (geometry) A geometric line [translating γραμμή (grammḗ)].
- A boundary line.
- A line of descent, a lineage.
- A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
- 1756, Johann Matthias Gesner, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Primae Lineae Isagoges in Eruditionem Universalem
- Introductions of a First Line into Universal Knowledge
- 77, Apelles:
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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Descendants
- Friulian: linie
- Italian: linea
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: llinia
- Old Occitan:
- Old French:
- French: ligne
- Old Galician-Portuguese: linna
- Old Spanish: liña
- Spanish: liña
- Romanian: ie
- Sicilian: lìnia
- Venetian: lìnia, ligna
- → Albanian: linjë
- → Belarusian: лінія (linija)
- → Bulgarian: линия (linija)
- → Catalan: línia
- → Czech: linie
- → English: linea
- → Lithuanian: linija
- → Macedonian: линија (linija)
- → Polish: linia, linija (Middle Polish), linja (pre-reform orthography (1936))
- →? Russian: линия (linija) (or from German)
- → Norwegian: line, linje
- → Old High German: linia
- → Old Irish: líne
- Irish: líne
- → Old Swedish: linia
- → Romanian: linie
- → Russian: линия (linija)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: línea
- → Tagalog: linya
- → Ukrainian: лінія (linija)
- → Welsh: llinell
Adjective
līnea
- inflection of līneus (“flaxen”):
Adjective
līneā
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
Verb
linea
- inflection of linear:
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
linea
- Misspelling of línea.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlinea/ [ˌliː.n̪ɛˈa]
- Rhymes: -inea
- Syllabification: li‧ne‧a
Noun
líneá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜌ)
- Alternative form of linya
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