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interlinear

interlinear adjective: inserted between the lines of a text.

Adjective

interlinear (not comparable)

  1. inserted between the lines of a text
  2. having alternate lines of text in different languages

Noun

interlinear (plural interlinears)

  1. A translated text having alternate lines in different languages.
    • I've been reading a lot of graded readers and interlinears lately.

interlinear meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

interlinear in Tamil

வரியிடை அமைந்த, வரியிடை, வரிகளுக்கிடையே எழுதப்பட்ட, அச்சிடப்பட்ட

interlinear in Urdu

interlinear
بین السطور bainussutūr

interlinear in Kannada

ಗೆರೆಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ

Forms of interlinear

pluralinterlinears

Origin of interlinear

From inter- + linear.

Words formed from interlinear

Questions about interlinear

What does interlinear mean?
Interlinear means inserted between the lines of a text.
What is interlinear in Tamil?
Interlinear in Tamil is வரியிடை அமைந்த, வரியிடை, வரிகளுக்கிடையே எழுதப்பட்ட. See Interlinear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interlinear?
Interlinear can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near interlinear in the dictionary

  1. interlights
  2. interlimb
  3. interline
  4. interlineage
  5. interlineal
  6. interlinear
  7. interlinearies
  8. interlinearily
  9. interlinearity
  10. interlinearization
  11. interlinearize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: interlinear (page history and authors); interlinear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بین السطور (Urdu) (page history and authors); interlinear (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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