lint

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Etymology

M English, variant of linet (from OFrench linette, grain of flax, diminutive of lin, flax) or from Med Latin linteum, lint (from Latin, linen cloth), both from Latin līnum, flax

Noun

lint (uncountable)

1. a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds
2. clinging fuzzy fluff that accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc
3. the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant

See also

• See also adjective lint-free, material that does not contain or produce lint

Translations

a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth

Dutch: pluis (nl) Finnish: pumpuli (fi)

Norwegian: lo (no) n.

fuzzy fluff

Afrikaans: wolletjies (af) Finnish: nukka (fi), nöyhtä (fi) Norwegian: lo (no) n.

Romanian: scamă (ro) Spanish: pelusa (es) f. sg. Swedish: ludd n.

fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant

Finnish: hahtuva (fi)

Anagrams

• int'l, intl.