Lineal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

arranged in a line

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈɪniəl/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈɪniəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈɪniəl/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈɪniəl/.

Examples

lineal ancestors
lineal heirs
a direct descendant of the king

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

direct

Antonyms

collateral

Parts of Speech

adjective	in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child “lineal ancestors”
adjective	arranged in a line

Word Forms

line

noun

the descendants of one individual

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

linear

in einer geraden, ununterbrochenen Abstammungslinie vom Elternteil zum Kind

🇫🇷French

direct

dans une ligne droite et ininterrompue de descendance de parent à enfant

🇮🇹Italian

lineare

🇳🇱Dutch

lineair

in een rechte, ononderbroken lijn van afstamming van ouder op kind

🇵🇹Portuguese

linear

em uma linha reta e ininterrupta de descendência de pai para filho

🇷🇺Russian

линейный

по прямой непрерывной линии происхождения от родителя к потомку

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नज़दीकी

माता-पिता से बच्चे तक वंश की एक सीधी, अटूट रेखा में

🇧🇩Bengali

লাইনাল

পিতামাতা থেকে সন্তানের বংশধরের একটি সোজা অবিচ্ছিন্ন লাইনে

🇮🇳Tamil

நேர்கோட்டு

பெற்றோரிடமிருந்து குழந்தைக்கு ஒரு நேராக உடைக்கப்படாத வம்சாவளியில்

🇮🇳Telugu

రేఖీయమైన

తల్లిదండ్రుల నుండి పిల్లలకి నేరుగా పగలని రేఖలో

🇮🇳Marathi

रेषीय

पालकांपासून मुलापर्यंतच्या वंशाच्या सरळ अखंड ओळीत

🇮🇳Gujarati

રેખીય

માતાપિતાથી બાળક સુધીના વંશની સીધી અખંડ લાઇનમાં

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೇಖೀಯ

ಪೋಷಕರಿಂದ ಮಗುವಿಗೆ ನೇರವಾದ ಮುರಿಯದ ರೇಖೆಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

രേഖീയമായ

മാതാപിതാക്കളിൽ നിന്ന് കുട്ടിയിലേക്കുള്ള ഒരു നേരായ ഖണ്ഡിത രേഖയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੇਖਿਕ

ਮਾਤਾ-ਪਿਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਬੱਚੇ ਤੱਕ ਉਤਰਨ ਦੀ ਸਿੱਧੀ ਅਟੁੱਟ ਲਾਈਨ ਵਿੱਚ

🇵🇰Urdu

لکیری

والدین سے بچے تک نزول کی سیدھی اٹوٹ لائن میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

直系的

从父母到孩子的笔直不间断的血统

🇯🇵Japanese

直系の

親から子への途切れることのない真っすぐな線で

🇰🇷Korean

선의

부모에서 자식으로 이어지는 연속적인 직선으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tuyến tính

theo một đường thẳng không gián đoạn từ cha mẹ sang con cái

🇹🇭Thai

เส้นตรง

สืบเชื้อสายมาจากพ่อแม่สู่ลูกอย่างไม่ขาดสาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

langsung

dalam garis keturunan lurus yang tidak terputus dari orang tua ke anak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مباشر

في خط مستقيم متواصل من النسب من الوالدين إلى الأبناء

🇮🇷Persian

خطی

در یک خط مستقیم و ناگسستنی تبار از والدین به فرزند

🇹🇷Turkish

çizgisel

Ebeveynden çocuğa kadar kesintisiz, düz bir çizgide

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְקוּוקַו

בקו ישר רצוף של ירידה מהורה לילד

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The primary meaning of 'lineal' is 'in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child'.

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