guardalinee

Italian

un guardalinee (sense 1) — a linesman

Alternative forms

• guardialinee

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) +‎ linee (“lines”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwar.daˈli.ne.e/
• Rhymes: -inee
• Hyphenation: guar‧da‧lì‧ne‧e

Noun

guardalinee m or f by sense (invariable)

2. (sports) linesman
3. railway/railroad patroller, someone who assures the proper functioning of a railway/railroad (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

See also

• arbitro

Further reading

• Assistente arbitrale on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• guardalinee in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• guardalinee in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication