"lineage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lineage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lineages [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|linage}} Middle English linage, {{der|en|fro|linage}} Old French linage, {{m|fro|ligne}} ligne, {{der|en|la|linea||line}} Latin linea (“line”), {{suffix|en|line|-age}} line + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lineage (countable and uncountable, plural lineages)
  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Family Translations (descent): soy (Azerbaijani), nəsil (Azerbaijani), произход (proizhod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), llinatge [masculine] (Catalan), 血統 (Chinese Mandarin), 血统 (xuètǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), rod [masculine] (Czech), geslacht (Dutch), nakomelingschap [neuter] (Dutch), afkomst [common-gender] (Dutch), afstamming [feminine] (Dutch), ætt [feminine] (Faroese), ættarslag [neuter] (Faroese), sukujuuret [plural] (Finnish), esivanhemmat (Finnish), descendance [feminine] (French), lignée [feminine] (French), lignage [feminine] (French), liñaxe [feminine] (Galician), fruxe [feminine] (Galician), Abstammung [feminine] (German), Geschlecht [neuter] (German), Abstammungreihe [feminine] (German), Abstammunglinie [feminine] (German), γενεαλογία (genealogía) [feminine] (Greek), származás (Hungarian), eredet (Hungarian), líne [feminine] (Irish), ginealach [masculine] (Irish), discendenza [feminine] (Italian), lignaggio [masculine] (Italian), stirpe [feminine] (Italian), stirps [feminine, masculine] (Latin), prōsāpia [feminine] (Latin), zuriat (Malay), വംശപാരമ്പര്യം (vaṁśapāramparyaṁ) (Malayalam), sheel [masculine] (Manx), tātai (note: of a family tree) (Maori), kaha (Maori), lynage (Middle English), kjønn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), صوی (soy) (Ottoman Turkish), نسل (nesl) (Ottoman Turkish), ذریت (zürriyet) (Ottoman Turkish), تبار (tabâr) (Persian), rodowód [masculine] (Polish), linhagem [feminine] (Portuguese), descendência [feminine] (Portuguese), estirpe [feminine] (Portuguese), awkikuna (Quechua), descendență [feminine] (Romanian), filiație [feminine] (Romanian), происхожде́ние (proisxoždénije) [neuter] (Russian), родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja) [feminine] (Russian), sìol [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sinnsearachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), sliochd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), rod (Slovak), linaje [masculine] (Spanish), estirpe [feminine] (Spanish), kizazi (Swahili), härstamning [common-gender] (Swedish), köken (Turkish), nesil (Turkish), soy (Turkish), родові́д (rodovíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), похо́дження (poxódžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), tras [masculine] (Welsh), achau [feminine, plural] (Welsh), ייִחוס (yikhes) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-lineage-en-noun-g-mseIzy Disambiguation of Family: 99 1 0 Disambiguation of 'descent': 95 5 0
  2. (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Advertising Translations (number of lines): брой редове (broj redove) (Bulgarian), lijnental [neuter] (Dutch), rivimäärä (Finnish), lignage [masculine] (French), righe [feminine, plural] (Italian), число́ строк (čisló strok) [neuter] (Russian), kizazi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-lineage-en-noun-HncH4-aB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 87 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 81 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 73 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 13 78 10 Topics: advertising, business, marketing Disambiguation of 'number of lines': 7 89 5
  3. A fee or rate paid per line of text. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lineage-en-noun-lEiA7U9Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: linage Derived forms: lineage temple, lineage zone Related terms: line, lineal, linear, genealogy

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      "word": "lineage temple"
    },
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "ligne",
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      "expansion": "Latin linea (“line”)",
      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "lineages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "_dis": "99 1 0",
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          "parents": [
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Stick insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC",
          "text": "They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Ulf Mattsson, Controlling Privacy and the Use of Data Assets, volume 2, CRC Press",
          "text": "Data lineage is not a new concept, but modern business requirements far outstrip the siloed, limited features of the past. […] The demand for data lineage comes from both technical and business users, including data architects, data engineers, data stewards, analysts and data scientists, as well as business managers, compliance professionals, and technical specialists.",
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        }
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        "Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage."
      ],
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          "Descent",
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        ],
        [
          "progeny",
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        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "parentage",
          "parentage"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "soy"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "nəsil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "proizhod",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "произход"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llinatge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "血統"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuètǒng",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "血统"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "geslacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nakomelingschap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "afkomst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "afstamming"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ætt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ættarslag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "sukujuuret"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "esivanhemmat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descendance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lignée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lignage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "liñaxe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fruxe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abstammung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Geschlecht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abstammungreihe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abstammunglinie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "genealogía",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γενεαλογία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "származás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "eredet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "líne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ginealach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "discendenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lignaggio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stirpe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stirps"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prōsāpia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "zuriat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vaṁśapāramparyaṁ",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "വംശപാരമ്പര്യം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sheel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of a family tree",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "tātai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "kaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "lynage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kjønn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "soy",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "صوی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "nesl",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "نسل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "zürriyet",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "ذریت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tabâr",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "تبار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rodowód"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "linhagem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descendência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estirpe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "awkikuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descendență"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "filiație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proisxoždénije",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "происхожде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rodoslóvnaja",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "родосло́вная"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sìol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinnsearachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sliochd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "rod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "linaje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estirpe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "kizazi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "härstamning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "köken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "nesil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "descent",
          "word": "soy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rodovíd",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "родові́д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poxódžennja",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "похо́дження"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "descent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estirpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "descent",
      "word": "kizazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "härstamning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "descent",
      "word": "köken"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "descent",
      "word": "nesil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "descent",
      "word": "soy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rodovíd",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "родові́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poxódžennja",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "похо́дження"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tras"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "achau"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yikhes",
      "sense": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ייִחוס"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "broj redove",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "word": "брой редове"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lijnental"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "word": "rivimäärä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignage"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "righe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čisló strok",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "число́ строк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "number of lines",
      "word": "kizazi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lineage"
  ],
  "word": "lineage"
}

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