ligne
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ligne (plural lignes)
- Synonym of line (“ill-defined unit of length”)
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish likna, derived with the inchoative suffix -ne from lig (“similar”). Compare Swedish likna, English liken, Middle Low German līkenen. It has replaced an older verb without -n, *galīkōną, hence Old English ġelīcian, German gleichen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 (galeikōn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈliːnə]
- Homophones: line, Line
Verb
[edit]ligne (imperative lign, infinitive at ligne, present tense ligner, past tense lignede, perfect tense har lignet)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ligne f (plural lignes)
Derived terms
[edit]- avion de ligne
- dans les grandes lignes
- en ligne
- entrer en ligne de compte
- hors ligne
- juge de ligne
- ligne de bataille
- ligne de changement de date
- ligne de conduite
- ligne de crête
- ligne de désir
- ligne de faille
- ligne de flottaison
- ligne de fond
- ligne de force
- ligne de front
- ligne de fuite
- ligne de mire
- ligne de montage
- ligne de partage des eaux
- ligne directrice
- ligne droite
- ligne d’arrivée
- ligne d’horizon
- ligne latérale
- linge
- lire entre les lignes
- mettre en ligne
- navire de ligne
- point à la ligne
- retour à la ligne
- saut de ligne
- sur toute la ligne
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Mauritian Creole: lalin
Further reading
[edit]- “ligne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the adjective lik.
Verb
[edit]ligne (imperative lign, present tense ligner, passive lignes, simple past and past participle ligna or lignet, present participle lignende)
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