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linea

linea

See also: línea and lineá

English

Noun

linea (plural 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.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

lìnea, IPA(key): /ˈlinea/

Noun

linea f (plural linee)

  1. line
  2. dash (Morse code symbol)

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Verb

linea

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From līneus (flaxen; flaxen [thing]), 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.

Inflection

First declension.

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

  • Albanian: linjë
  • Asturian: llinia
  • Catalan: línia
  • English: (influenced) line [English "line" is inherited from Germanic. Latin "linea" reinforced the developing semantic shift of "rope, cord thread" -> "path".]
  • French: ligne
  • Friulian: linie
  • German: Linie

Adjective

līnea

  1. nominative feminine singular of līneus: flaxen
  2. nominative neuter plural of līneus
  3. accusative neuter plural of līneus
  4. vocative feminine singular of līneus
  5. vocative neuter plural of līneus

līneā

  1. ablative feminine singular of līneus

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Spanish

Noun

linea

  1. Misspelling of línea.

Verb

linea

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of linear.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of linear.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of linear.