interlinear

[ in-ter-lin-ee-er ]

adjective

1. situated or inserted between lines, as of the lines of print in a book:

   a Latin text with interlinear translation.

2. having interpolated lines; interlined.
3. having the same text in various languages set in alternate lines:

   the interlinear Bible.

noun

1. a book, especially a textbook, having interlinear matter, as a translation.

interlinear

/ ˌɪntəˈlɪnɪə /

adjective

1. written or printed between lines of text
2. written or printed with the text in different languages or versions on alternate lines

Derived Forms

• ˌinterˈlinearly, adverb

Other Words From

• inter·line·ar·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of interlinear¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word interlīneāris. See interline ¹, -ar ¹

Example Sentences

Among other exhibits, Lax reproduces a script page that has been worked over so many times it is black with scribbled interlinear revisions and marginal notes.

From New York Times

A beautiful Latin Psalter of the tenth century, written in Anglo-Saxon characters, with an interlinear translation, and decorated with grotesque initial letters.

From Project Gutenberg

The interpretations written above the line are called “interlinear,” those written in the margins of the MSS. “marginal glosses.”

From Project Gutenberg

Among them are grammars, vocabularies, and reading-books, as well as interlinear or parallel translations of Sumerian texts in the Semitic language of Babylon and Assyria.

From Project Gutenberg

The proof is, that it is found consistently introduced over the same vowels in the interlinear Latin.

From Project Gutenberg