linie

See also: Linie and linię

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch linie, from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ni/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: li‧nie
• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: Linie

Noun

linie f (plural linies, no diminutive)

1. (military) line, line of battle
2. (archaic) line

   Synonyms: lijn, streep

Derived terms

• achterlinie
• frontlinie
• gevechtslinie
• over de hele linie
• strijdlinie

Related terms

• linea recta
• liniaal

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto linio

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

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Polish -einflu.

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto linie

From linio (“line”, noun) + -e (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈnie/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Syllabification: li‧ni‧e

Adverb

linie

1. lineally (in a line)

References

• “linie”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɲ.jɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɲjɛ
• Syllabification: lin‧ie
• Homophone: linię

Noun

linie m

1. locative/vocative singular of lin

Noun

linie f

1. dative/locative singular of lina

Noun

linie f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of linia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian linea (18th c.); French ligne, German Linie (19th/20th c.), from Latin linea. Doublet of ie, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

linie f (plural linii)

1. line
2. (chess) rank

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	linie	linia	linii	liniile
genitive-dative	linii	liniei	linii	liniilor
vocative	linie, linio		liniilor

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Swedish

Noun

linie

1. archaic spelling of linje

Further reading

• “linie”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)