linne

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See linen.

Noun[edit]

linne

  1. (obsolete) flax

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Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Noun[edit]

linne

  1. genitive singular of linn

Etymology 2[edit]

linn +‎ -ne

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

linne

  1. first-person plural emphatic of le

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

linne

  1. Alternative form of linnen

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Adjective[edit]

linne

  1. Alternative form of lynnen

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish lind

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Noun[edit]

linne f (genitive singular linne, plural linneachan or linntean)

  1. firth
  2. pond, pool
  3. waterfall

Swedish[edit]

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Han har på sig ett linne
Hon har på sig ett linne

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish linne, from Middle Low German linne. Doublet of lin. Arguably a back-formation by misinterpreting archaic linnet n (adjective), from linnen c (adjective), as a noun. See Proto-West Germanic *līnīn.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

linne n

  1. linen
  2. a tank top, a singlet, (UK) a vest
    Jag har på mig ett linne för att visa upp min muskulösa kropp
    I am wearing a tank top to show off my muscular body
  3. a camisole
    Synonym: kamisol
  4. (somewhat dated) a nightgown, a nightdress
    Synonyms: nattlinne, särk
    Hon öppnade dörren i bara linnet
    She answered the door in just her nightgown

Declension[edit]

Declension of linne 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative linne linnet linnen linnena
Genitive linnes linnets linnens linnenas

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