ligne

American  

[leen, leen-y^uh] / lin, ˈlin yə /

noun

plural

lignes

1. (in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.

2. line.

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Etymology

Origin of ligne

< French: line ¹

Example Sentences

Matthieu Latrasse, un pilote de ligne actuellement premier du classement des 277 000 joueurs, demande à voler vers des destinations où se trouvent des oeuvres d’Invader.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Then there was the look of the movie: the challenge of turning Hergé's famous ligne claire into a three-dimensional world that actors could walk around in.

From Time • Oct. 31, 2011

Hergé drew his panels in an elegant, instantly recognizable style that has been so influential, it has acquired a name: ligne claire, or clear line.

From Time • Oct. 31, 2011

It passed when the patrol leader, followed by the others, pulled up in ligne de vol, about one hundred metres above me, showing their French cocardes.

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman

Peu avant l'attaque, le long de leur ligne courut un message répétant, en le modifiant légèrement, celui de Nelson à Trafalgar: "'L'Angleterre compte que chaque tank fera aujourd'hui son devoir sacré.'"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 5, 1917 by Various