longline
adjective, noun, verb
longline is spelled L-O-N-G-L-I-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, longline means “longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in longline?
| Letters | 8: L-O-N-G-L-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is longline?
Longline appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce longline?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-longline.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of longline
- long-line
- longlines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- longlining participle, present
- longlined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does longline mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
noun
- 1
Gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.
- 2
A long cable used to raise or lower loads from a helicopter when landing is not possible.
- 3
A slackline which runs a considerable distance
verb
- 1
To fish with a line of this kind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Longline in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense very long fishing line with multiple hooks:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does longline come from?
From long + line.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).