linéament
French, noun\li.ne.a.mɑ̃\
linéament is spelled L-I-N-É-A-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linéament is a French masculine noun meaning “outline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Premiers traits caractéristiques d’une chose, d’un processus en développement”.
What does linéament mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoutline
- 2
masculinelineament
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Premiers traits caractéristiques d’une chose, d’un processus en développement. 2. Contour caractéristique d’un objet, lignes essentielles d’un dessin, d’un graphisme. 3. Détail caractéristique, aspect distinctif.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of linéament
- linéaments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linéament?
- \li.ne.a.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to linéament
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is linéament in French?
linéament appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).