newline
noun
newline is spelled N-E-W-L-I-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, newline means “The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of newline is newlines.
How many letters and syllables are in newline?
| Letters | 7: N-E-W-L-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th 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 newline?
Newline appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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).
Forms of newline
- newlines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does newline mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character.
Microsoft Windows uses CRLF to represent a newline.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Newline in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fin de ligne, saut de ligne |
| German | Zeilenumbruchzeichen, Newline-Zeichen |
| Spanish | nueva línea |
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 newline come from?
From new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).