linen
See also: Linen
English
Etymology
From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”). More at line.
Pronunciation
Noun
linen (countable and uncountable, plural linens)
- (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
- (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
- She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, […].
- A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
- linen:
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Translations
thread or cloth made from flax fiber
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colour
Adjective
linen (not comparable)
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Etymology
From English linen, from Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Superseded lino.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧nen
Noun
linen
Adjective
linen
- made from linen cloth or thread
Cornish
Noun
linen f (plural linennow or linednow)
Synonyms
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz, equivalent to līne + -en.
Pronunciation
Adjective
līnen
Declension
Declension of līnen — Strong
Declension of līnen — Weak
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “línen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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