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linha.

line (a string, a thread)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlĩ.ɲɐ/Brazil[ˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]Brazil/ˈli.ɲɐ/Portugal
  1. line (a string, a thread)

    feminine
  2. line (a straight path through two or more points)

    feminine
  3. line, a thin wrinkle or crease in skin, fabric, &c.

    feminine
  4. line (a straight marking of longitude or latitude)

    feminine
  5. line (a queue or sequence of people or objects)

    feminine
  6. line, a row of text

    feminine
  7. product line (a series of related products)

    feminine
  8. telephone line (a physical telephone connection or a single telephony account)

    feminine
  9. fishing line (a line used to catch or hang fish)

    feminine
  10. railroad track, whether straight or not

    feminine
  11. line (a railroad or other mass transportation route)

    feminine
  12. linha, Portuguese line (a former small unit of length about equal to 2.3 mm)

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Cognate with Galician liña, Spanish línea and Catalan llinya.

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