Noun: linea
| Singular | linea |
| Plural | lineas; lineae |
Sample Sentences
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The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.
Nouns inflected like linea
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of ligne; related to line. See: Latin Nouns '
līnea', Spanish Nouns '
línea'.