linealo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lineal, Italian lineale, Russian лине́йка (linéjka), also considered to be from lineo +‎ -alo or lineala +‎ -o. Decision no. 4, Progreso V by the technical subcommittee. Decision no. 756, Progreso V.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lineˈalo/

Noun

linealo (plural lineali)

1. ruler (for drawing lines)

Derived terms

• kalkulo-linealo (“slide rule”)

References

• Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 643
• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 89
• Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 67, 659

Spanish

Verb

linealo

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of linear combined with lo