stria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stria (“furrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹaɪə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

stria (plural striae or striæ)

1. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
2. (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
3. A stretch mark.

Derived terms

• stria vascularis
• terminal stria
• Wickham's stria
• Wickham stria

 

Related terms

• strial

Translations

stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes

• Bulgarian: ивица (bg) f (ivica), полоса f (polosa)
• Greek: ράβδωση (el) f (rávdosi)

stretch mark

• Bulgarian: стрия f (strija)
• German: Dehnungsstreifen m, Dehnungsnarbe f
• Yoruba: gbẹ̀rẹ̀bí

Anagrams

• ISTAR, Ritsa, Sarti, Sitar, Stair, Trias, airts, arist, astir, sitar, stair, tarsi, tiars, tisar

Emilian

Alternative forms

• strìa (Carpigiano)

Etymology

From Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: stri‧a

Noun

stria f (plural strii) (Mirandola)

1. witch, hag

Derived terms

• striarìa

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: strias, striât

Verb

stria

1. third-person singular past historic of strier

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin stria.

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. (pathology) stria
2. (architecture) stria, channel
3. streak, stria

Etymology 2

Verb

stria

1. inflection of striare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -astri, Taris, Trias, astri, rista, rista', ristà, sarti, sitar, stari, stira, tarsi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.a/, [ˈs̠t̪riä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.a/, [ˈst̪riːä]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *strig-jā, from what looks like a cross of Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to brush, strip, shear”) and Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, tie”). Cognate to Latin striga, Latin stringō, English streak, German Striemen (“streak, stripe”), Old High German strimo, Dutch striem.

Noun

stria f (genitive striae); first declension

1. A furrow, channel, groove, hollow.
   1. (architecture) The flute of a column.
   2. A fold of drapery, pleat.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stria	striae
Genitive	striae	striārum
Dative	striae	striīs
Accusative	striam	striās
Ablative	striā	striīs
Vocative	stria	striae

Related terms

• striāta
• striātūra
• striō
• striga

Descendants

• Italian: stria, striscia (+ fascia)
• → Catalan: estria (learned)
• → English: stria
• → Spanish: estria
• → Portuguese: estria

References

• “stria” on page 2014 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stringō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “stria”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

Etymology 2

Noun

stria f (genitive striae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of strīga (“witch”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stria	striae
Genitive	striae	striārum
Dative	striae	striīs
Accusative	striam	striās
Ablative	striā	striīs
Vocative	stria	striae

References

• “stria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• stria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin striga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. witch

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. witch

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French strier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /striˈa/

Verb

a stria (third-person singular present striează, past participle striat) 1st conj.

1. to streak, to stripe

Conjugation

    conjugation of stria (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a stria
gerund			striind
past participle			striat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	striez	striezi	striază	striem	striați	striază
	imperfect	striam	striai	stria	striam	striați	striau
	simple perfect	striai	striași	strie	striarăm	striarăți	striară
	pluperfect	striasem	striaseși	striase	striaserăm	striaserăți	striaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să striez	să striezi	să strieze	să striem	să striați	să strieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		striază			striați
	negative		nu stria			nu striați

Further reading

• stria in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Venetian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. Alternative form of striga