different between beeline vs berline

English

Alternative forms

• bee-line

Etymology

From bee +? line, due to the belief that a bee returns to its hive in a straight course.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?la?n/
• Rhymes: -i?la?n

Noun

beeline (plural beelines)

1. A very direct or quick path or trip.
   • , Episode 16

     Discussing these and kindred topics they made a beeline across the back of the Customhouse and passed under the Loop Line bridge where a brazier of coke burning in front of a sentrybox or something like one attracted their rather lagging footsteps.

2. (mining, chiefly historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

Translations

Verb

beeline (third-person singular simple present beelines, present participle beelining, simple past and past participle beelined)

1. To travel in a straight course, ignoring established paths of travel.

See also

• as the crow flies
• like a martin to his gourd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French berline.

Noun

berline (plural berlines)

1. (Quebec, automotive) A sedan-type car.
2. (historical) Alternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”)
   • 1970, History Today (volume 20, issues 1-6, page 388)

     The King usually set out at ten o'clock in the morning, riding in a berline drawn by eight horses and driven by a huge coachman and a light postilion.

Anagrams

• Brinlee

French

Etymology

From Berlin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.lin/

Noun

berline f (plural berlines)

1. (historical) berlin (four-wheeled carriage)
2. (automotive) a sedan or saloon car
3. a minecart, tub

Further reading

• “berline” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

berline f

1. plural of berlina