interlinear
Americanadjective
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situated or inserted between lines, as of the lines of print in a book.
a Latin text with interlinear translation.
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having interpolated lines; interlined.
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having the same text in various languages set in alternate lines.
the interlinear Bible.
noun
adjective
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written or printed between lines of text
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written or printed with the text in different languages or versions on alternate lines
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of interlinear
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word interlīneāris. See interline 1, -ar 1
Example Sentences
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Both for Americans who have been to England and for those who have never been nearer than Punch, Britannia Waives the Rules will be good interlinear reading.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Your Catholic Language she gives a literal, interlinear translation of the Mass, side instructions that help readers pick up Latin vocabulary and syntax.
From Time Magazine Archive
A beautiful Latin Psalter of the tenth century, written in Anglo-Saxon characters, with an interlinear translation, and decorated with grotesque initial letters.
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by William Dunn Macray
The narrative occupies thirty-six pages, with interlinear corrections and additions.
From Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
The number of lines provided with an interlinear translation on this fragment is only two, which increases the actual number of lines to ninety-eight.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon
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