linje

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • line (path through two or more points)
  • line; a bus line
  • line; a telephone or network connection
  • line; a threadlike crease marking the face or the hand
  • line; historically a measure of length; 1/12 of an inch or 1/10 of a decimal inch (decimaltum)
  • (officially until 1994 and colloquially since) an education at gymnasium level; hence called program
  • (chess) file

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish linia derived from Latin linea (line, thread, string, linen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (flax).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*līno-

Gloss

flax

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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