lineament

English

Etymology

From Latin lineamentum, from linea (line): compare French linéament.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ə.mn̩t/, X-SAMPA: /"lIn.i.@.mn=t/

Noun

lineament (plural lineaments)

1. Any distinctive shape or line etc.
2. ​A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of the face of an individual.

Translations

distinctive shape or line

• Russian: характерная черта (xaraktérnaja čertá)f

distinctive feature

• Dutch: trek (nl) m

• Hungarian: arcvonás (hu), vonás (hu)

References

• lineament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• alinement