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linie
line /ˈli.ni.e/
noun#910 most common
Also: route (bus or train line), figure/physique (colloquial), row, line-up
Example sentences
Trag o linie pe hârtie.
I draw a line on paper.
Iau linia 5 până acasă.
I take line 5 (the bus/tram) home.
Linia telefonică e ocupată acum.
The phone line is busy right now.
Elevii s-au așezat la linie în curtea școlii.
The students lined up in the schoolyard.
Ea încearcă să-și țină linia, deși îi plac dulciurile.
She tries to keep her figure, even though she likes sweets.
Deputații au votat pe linie de partid, ignorând interesele electoratului.
The deputies voted along party lines, ignoring the interests of the electorate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | linie | linii |
| Genitive | liniei | liniilor |
| Accusative | linie | linii |
| Vocative | linie | linii |
Word family
liniarlinear
a aliniato align, to line up
alinierealignment
a subliniato underline, to stress
Etymology
Linie entered Romanian from French ligne, reinforced by Latin linea and Italian linea, part of the 19th-century wave of Western Romance borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary. Latin linea originally meant a linen thread or cord, from linum, flax, because early straight lines were marked by stretching a taut flax string. The same root gives English line and linen.
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