linoleum

See also: linoléum and linóleum

English

linoleum floor, showing edge.

Etymology

Coined c. 1864 by inventor Frederick Walton, from Latin līnum (“flax”) +‎ oleum (“oil”). Used as a trade name but never registered as a trademark, it was the first product whose name was ruled to be genericized.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪˈnəʊli.əm/
• IPA^(key): /lɪˈnoʊli.əm/

Noun

linoleum (countable and uncountable, plural linoleums)

1. An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.

   Synonym: (colloquial) lino

   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi

     The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.

Derived terms

• lino

Translations

inexpensive waterproof covering

• Armenian: լինոլեում (hy) (linoleum)
• Catalan: linòleum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油地氈／油地毡, 油地毡 (yóudìzhān), 油氈／油毡 (zh), 油毡 (zh) (yóuzhān), 油布 (zh) (yóubù)

• Esperanto: linoleumo (eo)
• Finnish: linoleumi (fi)
• French: linoléum (fr) m
• Galician: linóleo m
• German: Linoleum (de) n
• Hungarian: linóleum
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: linoleum (io)
• Italian: linoleum (it) m
• Japanese: リノリウム (rinoriumu)
• Macedonian: линоле́ум m (linoléum)
• Maori: kahupeka
• Russian: лино́леум (ru) m (linóleum)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: линолѐум m

  Roman: linolèum (sh) m

• Spanish: linóleo (es) m

See also

• oilcloth

Further reading

• linoleum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnɔlɛʊ̯m/

Noun

linoleum n

1. linoleum

Synonyms

• lino

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌliˈnoː.leː.ʏm/, /ˌliˈnoː.li.ʏm/
• Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

Noun

linoleum n (uncountable)

1. linoleum

Derived terms

• marmoleum

Related terms

• lijnolie

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈnɔ.leu̯m/, [l̺iˈn̺ɔːl̺eu̯m]
• Hyphenation: li‧nò‧leum

Noun

linoleum m (uncountable)

1. linoleum

Related terms

• linoleista

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /linolěum/
• Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

Noun

linolèum m (Cyrillic spelling линолѐум)

1. linoleum

Declension

Declension of linoleum

	singular
nominative	linoleum
genitive	linoleuma
dative	linoleumu
accusative	linoleum
vocative	linoleume
locative	linoleumu
instrumental	linoleumom