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

Tho woful teres that they leten falle 1135 As bittre weren, out of teres kinde, For peyne, as is ligne aloes or galle.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Toutefois, la peur ne venait chez lui qu'en seconde ligne; il était surtout scandalisé de ce bruit qui lui faisait mal aux oreilles.

From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton