stripe

Meaning

Noun

1. A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
2. A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
3. (in-plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
4. (informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
5. A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow or lash with a whip, stick, or scourge.
6. A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
7. A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
8. Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
9. A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
10. (slang) The start/finish line.

Verb

1. (transitive) To mark with stripes.
2. (transitive) To lash with a whip or strap.
3. (transitive) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

Synonyms

streak

line

strip

band

ray

chevron

string

🪢

bar

row

stroke

track

fluting

belt

stria

banding

fringe

lines

channel

grade insignia

welt

thread

🧵

trace

fillet

tape

striped

striation

stripes

type

stamp

blow

species

scratch

patch

piebald

sort

groove

striate

jet

wale

kind

frost

form

flyer

clout

flute

🪈

marks

flier

marking

mark

fingerprint

Translations

Streifen

rayure

striscia

trait

raie

streep

raya

franja

bande

rayé

reep

strook

listra

band

riga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹaɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stripe

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Striepe

Cognate with Western Frisian: stripe

Cognate with Dutch: streep

Cognate with German: Streifen

In summary

From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).