stria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stria (furrow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɹaɪə/

Noun

stria (plural striae or striæ)

  1. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
  2. (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
  3. A stretch mark.

Translations

Anagrams


Emilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: stri‧a

Noun

stria f (plural strii) (Mirandolese)

  1. witch, hag

Derived terms


French

Pronunciation

Verb

stria

  1. third-person singular past historic of strier

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stria.

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

  1. (pathology) stria
  2. (architecture) stria, channel
  3. streak, stria

Verb

stria

  1. third-person singular present indicative of striare
  2. second-person singular imperative of striare

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *streyg-, see also English streak, German strieme (streak, stripe), Old High German strimo, Dutch striem.

Pronunciation

Noun

stria f (genitive striae); first declension

  1. A furrow, channel, groove, hollow.
  2. The flute of a column.
  3. A pleat.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stria striae
Genitive striae striārum
Dative striae striīs
Accusative striam striās
Ablative striā striīs
Vocative stria striae

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From strix (screech owl).

Noun

Medieval variant of striga (witch).

References


Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin striga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

  1. witch

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίγξ (strínx).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

  1. witch

Venetian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

  1. Alternative form of striga
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