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lijn

Pronunciation: /lɛi̯n/

“lijn” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a line
  2. any line or curve
  3. a rope, a cable
  4. a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines)
  5. a leash for restraining animals
  6. a file
  7. a diet
  8. a line of drugs in powder form

Etymology

From Middle Dutch līne, from Old Dutch *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). In several senses influenced by Latin līnea; compare linie.

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