Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

    Abstammung, Geschlecht, Abstammungreihe

    происхожде́ниеproisxoždénije, родосло́внаяrodoslóvnaja

    родові́дrodovíd, похо́дженняpoxódžennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)A number of lines of text in a column.

    Zeilenzahl

    число́ строкčisló strok

    the number of lines in a piece of printed material

  3. (countable, uncountable)A fee or rate paid per line of text.

    Zeilengebühr

Examples

10 sentences
  1. A skin color is not a lineage.

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  2. The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.

    deDer junge Rabbi gibt oft mit seinem Stammbaum an.

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  3. An aristocratic title is only inherited via the male lineage.

    ruДворянский титул наследуется только по мужской линии.

    deEin Adelstitel vererbt sich nur in männlicher Linie.

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  4. Pray, of what land or lineage should I rightly call you?

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  5. The one with the sophisticated beret is actually an aristocrat of ancient lineage.

    deDer mit dem feinen Barett ist in Wirklichkeit ein Adeliger aus einem alten Geschlecht.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
descent:
Русский
By meaning 2
descent:
number of lines:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
descent:
number of lines:
fee or rate paid per line of text:

Origin

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”);

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.

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Forms

plural: lineages

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

25 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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