riga

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) line
2. (feminine) stripe
3. (feminine) parting (of hair)
4. (feminine) ruler (measuring device)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of rigare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of rigare:

Concepts

line

ruler

row

stripe

parting

part

streak

footway

footpath

path

🛣️

pathway

rank

bar

rule

banding

band

trail

walkway

paseo

stroke

linguistic string

string of words

groove

word string

Synonyms

linea

righello

fila

regolo

verso

rigo

striscia

fascia

passaggio pedonale

righino

schieramento

stria

banda

andana

battuta

bordo

lista

sentiero

🛣️

stringa

🪢

tratto

Translations

ligne

linha

línea

Zeile

raie

raya

Linie

γραμμή

règle

regel

lijn

régua

fila

Hyphenated as

rì‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈri.ɡa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (-kh-) (“to scratch, cut”). Akin to Old High German rīga (“line”) (German Reihe (“row, series”)), Old Norse rēga (“string”) (Norwegian reig (“row, line”), Middle Dutch rīe (“line, row”), Old English rǣw (“line, row”).