interlinear

A translated text having alternate lines in different languages.

Adjective

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

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English linear English interlinear From inter- + linear.

Related

juxtalinear

Derived

interlinearization interlinearize interlinearly

Noun

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

Forms

interlinears