Lineal

See also: lineal and linéal

German

Lineal

Etymology

15th century, learned borrowing from Latin līneāle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lineˈaːl/, [li.neˈaːl], [ˌlɪ-], [ˌliː-], (contracted) [lɪˈnjaːl]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Lineal n (strong, genitive Lineals, plural Lineale)

1. ruler (measuring and drawing device)

Declension

Declension of Lineal [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lineal	die	Lineale
genitive	eines	des	Lineals	der	Lineale
dative	einem	dem	Lineal	den	Linealen
accusative	ein	das	Lineal	die	Lineale

Further reading

• “Lineal” in Duden online
• “Lineal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)