streko

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately of Germanic origin; compare German Strich, English streak, and compare German Strecke (“line segment”, literally “stretch”), English stretch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstreko]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Hyphenation: stre‧ko

Noun

streko (accusative singular strekon, plural strekoj, accusative plural strekojn)

1. (geometry) line segment
2. (typography) hyphen

   Synonym: streketo

Derived terms

• streketo (“hyphen, dash”)
• substreko (“underscore”)
• suprenstreko (“slash”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto streko.

Noun

streko (plural streki)

1. (typography) dash, stroke
2. (geometry) straight line

Derived terms

• streketo