lino

See also: Lino and Linô

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ

• Audio (AU)

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Etymology 1

Clipping of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

lino (usually uncountable, plural linos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, colloquial, informal) Clipping of linoleum.
   • 1996 July 20, Malcolm Tippett, “Dogs ...No Way”, in aus.jokes, Usenet‎^[1]:

     The third thing was the TORN lino in the kitchen, new puppy found it great fun to tear strips of lino off the floor  .. first you scrabble like crazy with your claws to start a tear, and then you use teeth to tear off a lovely strip of lino to chew . We are still too scared to replace the lino as the next puppy will probably do the same .

   • 2002 October 30, Augie, “Frontline or Advantage for fleas?”, in aus.pets, Usenet‎^[2]:

     When we moved here, the people before had dogs, complete with crawling carpet and jumping lino. When we ripped up all the carpet and lino prior to moving in, we also bought half a dozen flea bombs, and bombed UNDER the house.

   • 2010 April 25, George W Frost, “Found this old paper under the lino of a reno”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules, Usenet‎^[3]:

     I took up the lino from the kitchen and found this newspaper clipping

Derived terms

• linocut

Etymology 2

Contraction of linesman + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

lino (usually uncountable, plural linos)

1. (Britain, colloquial, informal, soccer) Abbreviation of linesman.
   • 2014 October 4, MartTheTaxi, “Twitter status”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4]:

     Lino flagged a bit late but was right

Anagrams

• Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lion, loin, noil

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Bukat

Noun

lino

1. person

Further reading

• Bernard Sellato, Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest →ISBN, 1994)
• ABVD

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧no

Etymology 1

From Spanish lino, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-. Displaced balandan. Superseded by linen.

Noun

lino

1. (archaic) linen; thread or cloth made from flax fiber

Adjective

lino

1. (obsolete) made from linen cloth or thread

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

lino

1. to rinse glasses, cups, buckets, etc.

Derived terms

• lininoan

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Czech

Etymology

Clipping of linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnɔ/

Noun

lino n

1. linoleum

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	lino	lina
genitive	lina	lin
dative	linu	linům
accusative	lino	lina
vocative	lino	lina
locative	linu	linech
instrumental	linem	liny

Synonyms

• linoleum

Derived terms

• linoryt m
• linořez m

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Finnish

Noun

lino

1. linocut

Declension

Inflection of lino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		lino	linot
genitive		linon	linojen
partitive		linoa	linoja
illative		linoon	linoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lino	linot
accusative	nom.	lino	linot
	gen.	linon
genitive		linon	linojen
partitive		linoa	linoja
inessive		linossa	linoissa
elative		linosta	linoista
illative		linoon	linoihin
adessive		linolla	linoilla
ablative		linolta	linoilta
allative		linolle	linoille
essive		linona	linoina
translative		linoksi	linoiksi
instructive		—	linoin
abessive		linotta	linoitta
comitative		—	linoineen

Anagrams

• ilon, loin, olin

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.no/, [ˈl̺iːn̺o]
• Hyphenation: lì‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.

Noun

lino m (plural lini)

1. flax (plant and fiber)
2. linen (thread or cloth made from flax fiber)

Related terms

• lineto
• linea

Etymology 2

From Latin līneus (“flaxen”).

Adjective

lino (feminine singular lina, masculine plural lini, feminine plural line)

1. (rare) of flax or linen; flaxen

Anagrams

• Nilo
• noli

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *linō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.noː/, [ˈlʲɪ.n̪oː]

Verb

linō (present infinitive linere, perfect active lēvī, supine litum); third conjugation

1. I daub, besmear, anoint

Conjugation

Conjugation of linō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	linō	linis	linit	linimus	linitis	linunt
	imperfect	linēbam	linēbās	linēbat	linēbāmus	linēbātis	linēbant
	future	linam	linēs	linet	linēmus	linētis	linent
	perfect	lēvī	lēvistī	lēvit	lēvimus	lēvistis	lēvērunt, lēvēre
	pluperfect	lēveram	lēverās	lēverat	lēverāmus	lēverātis	lēverant
	future perfect	lēverō	lēveris	lēverit	lēverimus	lēveritis	lēverint
passive	present	linor	lineris, linere	linitur	linimur	liniminī	linuntur
	imperfect	linēbar	linēbāris, linēbāre	linēbātur	linēbāmur	linēbāminī	linēbantur
	future	linar	linēris, linēre	linētur	linēmur	linēminī	linentur
	perfect	litus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	litus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	litus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	linam	linās	linat	lināmus	linātis	linant
	imperfect	linerem	linerēs	lineret	linerēmus	linerētis	linerent
	perfect	lēverim	lēverīs	lēverit	lēverīmus	lēverītis	lēverint
	pluperfect	lēvissem	lēvissēs	lēvisset	lēvissēmus	lēvissētis	lēvissent
passive	present	linar	lināris, lināre	linātur	lināmur	lināminī	linantur
	imperfect	linerer	linerēris, linerēre	linerētur	linerēmur	linerēminī	linerentur
	perfect	litus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	litus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	line	—	—	linite	—
	future	—	linitō	linitō	—	linitōte	linuntō
passive	present	—	linere	—	—	liniminī	—
	future	—	linitor	linitor	—	—	linuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		linere	lēvisse	litūrum esse	linī	litum esse	litum īrī
participles		linēns	—	litūrus	—	litus	linendus, linundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		linendī	linendō	linendum	linendō	litum	litū

Derived terms

• allinō
• circumlinō
• collinō
• dēlinō
• ēlinō

• illinō
• interlinō
• linimen
• oblinō
• perlinō

• praelinō
• relinō
• sublinō
• subterlinō
• superlinō

Noun

līnō

1. dative singular of līnum
2. ablative singular of līnum

References

• lino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲi.nɔ/

Noun

lino f

1. vocative singular of lina

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlino/

Noun

lino m (plural linos)

1. linen
2. flax

Derived terms

• linar
• linón

Related terms

• lienzo
• línea
• liña

Further reading

• “lino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.