lineal
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English
Etymology
From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪni.əl/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪniːəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
lineal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a line.
- Composed of lines; delineated.
- lineal designs
- In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.
- lineal magnitude
- Having the quality of proceeding, either physically or conceptually, according to a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- (anthropological and sociological): Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
- the prime and ancient right of lineal succession
- (anthropological, sociological, legal): Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
- 1693 (first performance), John Dryden, “To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve, on His Comedy, Call’d, The Double-Dealer”, in The Double-Dealer. A Comedy, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1735, →OCLC, Act I,:
- Oh that your Brows my Laurel had ſuſtain'd, / Well had I been depos'd, if You had Reign'd! / The Father had deſcended for the Son; / For only you are lineal to the Throne.
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Further reading
- “lineal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lineal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineals)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lineal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lineal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “lineal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lineal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
lineal m or f (plural lineais)
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Further reading
- “lineal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin līneālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lineal m or f (plural lineais)
Further reading
- “lineal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineales)
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Further reading
- “lineal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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