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A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cord
Narrower terms: handline, hand line, night-line, trawl, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline
From Middle English *fyshenge lyne (found in plural fyshenge lynes), equivalent to fishing + line.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կարթաթել
(kartʻatʻel)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Armenian:
կարթալար
(kartʻalar)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Basque:
amu-hari
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Belarusian:
лёска
(ljóska)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Bulgarian:
леса́
(lesá)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Catalan:
llinya
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Chinese Mandarin:
釣魚線 /钓鱼线
(diàoyúxiàn)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Chinese Mandarin:
釣線 /钓线
(diàoxiàn)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Chinese Mandarin:
釣絲 /钓丝
(diàosī)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Chinese Mandarin:
魚絲 /鱼丝
(yúsī)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Czech:
vlasec
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Estonian:
õngenöör
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Finnish:
siima
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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French:
ligne de pêche
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Galician:
sedela
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Galician:
tanza
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Galician:
liña
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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German:
Angelschnur
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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German:
Angelleine
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Greek:
ορμιά
(ormiá)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ancient Greek:
θῶμιγξ
(thôminx)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ancient Greek:
μήρινθος
(mḗrinthos)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Hungarian:
horgászzsinór
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ingrian:
siima
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Irish:
dorú (iascaireachta)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Italian:
lenza
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Japanese:
釣り糸
(tsuriito)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Khmer:
រនង
(rɔɔrɔnɔɔng)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Khmer:
ខ្សែសន្ទូច
(khsae sɑɑsɑntuuc)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Korean:
낚싯줄
(naksitjul)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Niuean:
afo
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Norman:
lîngne dé pêque
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Old Norse:
vaðr
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Polish:
żyłka
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Portuguese:
linha
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Portuguese:
linha de pesca
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Portuguese:
sedela
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Russian:
ле́ска
(léska)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Samoan:
afo
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Scottish Gaelic:
driamlach
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Slovak:
vlasec
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Slovene:
ribiška vrvica
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Spanish:
cuerda de pescar
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Spanish:
hilo de pescar
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Spanish:
sedal
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Spanish:
tanza
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Swedish:
fiskelina
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Swedish:
metrev
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Thai:
สายเบ็ด
(sǎai-bèt)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Turkish:
misina
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ottoman Turkish:
اولته
(olta)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ottoman Turkish:
مسینه
(mesine)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ukrainian:
волосі́нь
(volosínʹ)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Ukrainian:
лі́ска
(líska)
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Unami:
amànatàkw
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached
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Woiwurrung:
wudhel-wudhel
— chord or line where the hook or lure is attached