Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any distinctive shape or line, etc.

    характе́рная черта́xaraktérnaja čertá

  2. A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of a person’s face.

    the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
distinctive shape or line:

Origin

From Middle French linéament, from Latin lineamentum, from linea (“line”).

From Middle French linéament, from Latin lineamentum, from linea (“line”).

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Forms

plural: lineaments
Singularlineament
Plurallineaments

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin:feature
  • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something:qualitycharacter

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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