fishing line

English

Etymology

From Middle English *fyshenge lyne (found in plural fyshenge lynes), equivalent to fishing +‎ line.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fishing line (countable and uncountable, plural fishing lines)

1. A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached.

Derived terms

• mermaid's fishing line

Translations

chord or line where the hook or lure is attached

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: կարթաթել (hy) (kartʻatʻel), կարթալար (hy) (kartʻalar) Basque: amu-hari Belarusian: лёска f (ljóska) Catalan: llinya (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 釣魚線／钓鱼线 (diàoyúxiàn), 釣線／钓线 (zh) (diàoxiàn), 釣絲／钓丝 (zh) (diàosī), 魚絲／鱼丝 (zh) (yúsī) Czech: vlasec (cs) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: õngenöör Finnish: siima (fi) French: ligne de pêche f Galician: sedela f, tanza (gl) f, liña (gl) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Angelschnur (de) f, Angelleine (de) f Greek: ορμιά (el) f (ormiá) Ancient: θῶμιγξ f (thôminx), μήρινθος f (mḗrinthos) Hungarian: horgászzsinór (hu) Ingrian: siima Irish: dorú (iascaireachta) m Italian: lenza (it) f Japanese: 釣り糸 (ja) (つりいと, tsuriito) Khmer: រនង (km) (rɔnɔɔng), ខ្សែសន្ទូច (khsae sɑntuuc) Korean: 낚싯줄 (ko) (naksitjul) Norman: lîngne dé pêque f (Jersey) Old Norse: vaðr m Ottoman Turkish: اولته (olta), مسینه (mesine) Polish: żyłka (pl) f Portuguese: linha (pt) f, linha de pesca f Russian: ле́ска (ru) f (léska) Scottish Gaelic: driamlach f Slovak: vlasec (sk) m Slovene: ribiška vrvica f Spanish: cuerda de pescar f, hilo de pescar m, sedal (es) m, tanza f Swedish: fiskelina c, metrev (sv) c Thai: สายเบ็ด (sǎai-bèt) Turkish: misina (tr) Ukrainian: волосі́нь f (volosínʹ), лі́ска f (líska) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• line fishing, linefishing