stria

stria

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin stria (furrow).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪə/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɪə

    Noun

    stria (plural striae or striæ)

    1. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
    2. (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
    3. A stretch mark.

    Derived terms

    Translations

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    Emilian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Latin strīga.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: stri‧a

    Noun

    stria f (plural strii) (Mirandola)

    1. witch, hag

    Derived terms

    French

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    stria

    1. third-person singular past historic of strier

    Italian

    Etymology 1

      Borrowed from Latin stria.

      Noun

      stria f (plural strie)

      1. (pathology) stria
      2. (architecture) stria, channel
      3. streak, stria

      Etymology 2

      Verb

      stria

      1. inflection of striare:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Anagrams

      Latin

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Italic *strig-jā, from what looks like a cross of Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (to brush, strip, shear) and Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (to draw, tie). Cognate to Latin striga, Latin stringō, English streak, German Striemen (streak, stripe), Old High German strimo, Dutch striem.

      Noun

      stria f (genitive striae); first declension

      1. A furrow, channel, groove, hollow.
        1. (architecture) The flute of a column.
        2. A fold of drapery, pleat.
      Declension

      First-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative stria striae
      genitive striae striārum
      dative striae striīs
      accusative striam striās
      ablative striā striīs
      vocative stria striae
      Descendants
      • Italo-Romance:
        • Italian: striscia (influenced by fascia)

      Borrowings:

      References

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      stria f (genitive striae); first declension

      1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of strīga (witch)
      Declension

      First-declension noun.

      References

      • stria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • "stria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
      • stria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

      Ligurian

      Etymology

      From Latin striga.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈstria/

      Noun

      stria f (plural strie)

      1. witch

      Lombard

      Etymology

      From Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈstria/

      Noun

      stria f (plural strie)

      1. witch

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French strier.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /striˈa/

      Verb

      a stria (third-person singular present striează, past participle striat) 1st conjugation

      1. to streak, to stripe

      Conjugation

      Further reading

      Venetan

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈstria/

      Noun

      stria f (plural strie)

      1. alternative form of striga