alinéa

See also: alinea, Alinea, alínea, and alineá

French

Etymology

Univerbation of the Latin phrase ā līneā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.li.ne.a/

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Noun

alinéa m (plural alinéas)

1. (typography) indented line (at the start of a new paragraph)
2. paragraph
3. (law) paragraph, subsection (legislative drafting)

Derived terms

• alinéaire

Descendants

• → Dutch: alinea
• → Esperanto: alineo

Further reading

• “alinéa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• aliéna