linotype
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a trade name, presumably line + -o- + type.
Noun[edit]
linotype (plural linotypes)
- A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
- The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
Translations[edit]
a form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once
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Verb[edit]
linotype (third-person singular simple present linotypes, present participle linotyping, simple past and past participle linotyped)
- To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
linotype f (plural linotypes)
Further reading[edit]
- “linotype”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.