linage

Questions about linage

What does linage mean?

linage means "the number of lines in a piece of printed material". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in linage?

linage has 2 syllables: li-nage. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪnɪdʒ/.

What is another word for linage?

Close synonyms include lineage, lineage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is linage a common word?

linage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.