noun
Meaning 1
Any distinctive shape or line, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lineament
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈlɪ.ni.ə.mənt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of a person’s face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an expression of pleasure crossed his features
- his lineaments were very regular
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feature
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
Narrower terms: chin, mentum, brow, forehead, temple, cheek, jowl, jaw
noun
Meaning 4
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- each town has a quality all its own
- the radical character of our demands
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quality, character
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property, attribute, dimension
Narrower terms: texture
History
Etymology
From Middle French linéament, from Latin lineamentum, from linea (“line”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: agór — distinctive shape or line
- French: linéament — distinctive shape or line
- Occitan: lineament — distinctive shape or line
- Polish: rys — distinctive shape or line
- Russian: характе́рная черта́ (xaraktérnaja čertá) — distinctive shape or line
- Albanian: agór — distinctive feature
- Albanian: tipar — distinctive feature
- Bulgarian: отличителна черта (otličitelna čerta) — distinctive feature
- Dutch: trek — distinctive feature
- Greek: χαρακτηριστικό (charaktiristikó) — distinctive feature
- Hungarian: arcvonás — distinctive feature
- Hungarian: vonás — distinctive feature
- Polish: cecha — distinctive feature
- Portuguese: feição — distinctive feature
- Swedish: drag — distinctive feature