stria

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stria (“furrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹaɪə/

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.

Anagrams

• ISTAR, Ritsa, Sarti, Stair, airts, arist, astir, sitar, stair, tarsi, tiars, tisar

Alternative forms

• strìa (Carpigiano)

Etymology

From Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: stri‧a

Noun

stria f (plural strii) (Mirandolese)

1. witch, hag

Pronunciation

• Homophones: strias, striât

Verb

stria

1. third-person singular past historic of strier

Etymology

From Latin stria.

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

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

Verb

stria

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

Anagrams

• astri, rista, rista', ristà, sarti, stira, tarsi, Trias

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *streyg-, see also English streak, German strieme (“streak, stripe”), Old High German strimo, Dutch striem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.a/

Noun

stria f (genitive striae); first declension

1. A furrow, channel, groove, hollow.
2. The flute of a column.
3. A pleat.

Etymology 2

From strix (screech owl).

References

• stria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

From Latin striga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. witch

Etymology

From Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίγξ (strínx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. witch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstria/

Noun

stria f (plural strie)

1. Alternative form of striga