lineage

Other forms of lineage

plural

lineages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lineage

What does lineage mean?

lineage means "the descendants of one individual". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lineage?

lineage has 3 syllables: lin-e-age. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪniədʒ/.

What is another word for lineage?

Close synonyms include line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line. 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 lineage a common word?

lineage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.