lint

See also: Lint

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnt
• Homophones: lent, Lent, leant (pin–pen merger)

Noun

lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)

1. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

   Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter.

2. A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
3. The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. Raw cotton ready for baling.

Derived terms

• boracic lint
• lint ball
• lint doctor
• lint-free, lintfree
• lint roller
• lint-scraper

Translations

fuzzy fluff

• Afrikaans: wolletjies
• Catalan: borrissol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絨毛 / 绒毛 (zh) (róngmáo)

• Dutch: pluis (nl) n, pluksel (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉarpio
• Finnish: nukka (fi), nöyhtä (fi)
• French: peluche (fr) f, mouton (fr) m
• Galician: peluxe (gl) f, froxel m
• German: Fussel (de) m or f, Fluse (de) f
• Hungarian: szösz (hu)
• Irish: clúmh m
• Italian: lanugine (it) f
• Japanese: 糸屑 (いとくず, itokuzu), 綿埃 (わたぼこり, watabokori), [navel lint:] 臍の胡麻 (へそのごま, heso no goma)
• Maori: kerehunga, perehunga, tawhe
• Norwegian: lo (no) n
• Portuguese: cotão (pt) m
• Romanian: scamă (ro) f
• Russian: ворси́нка (ru) f (vorsínka), пух (ru) m (pux)
• Serbo-Croatian: pahuljice (sh) f pl, mucice f pl
• Spanish: pelusa (es) f
• Swedish: ludd (sv) n
• Welsh: gwlaniach m

a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth

• Bulgarian: марля f (marlja)
• Catalan: gasa (ca) f
• Dutch: pluis (nl)
• Finnish: pumpuli (fi), vanu (fi)
• French: charpie (fr) f
• German: Verbandmull m, Scharpie (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ξύσμα n (xúsma)

• Irish: línolann f
• Japanese: リント布 (rinto fu)
• Norwegian: lo (no) n
• Portuguese: gaze (pt) f
• Russian: линт (ru) m (lint), ко́рпия (ru) f (kórpija) (dated)
• Serbo-Croatian: runo (sh) n, pahuljice (sh)
• Spanish: gasa (es) f
• Welsh: naddion llin m pl, nadd lliain

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

• Finnish: hahtuva (fi)
• German: Flaum (de) m
• Portuguese: cotão (pt) m

raw cotton ready for baling

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• Esperanto: ĉarpio

Etymology 2

From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).

Verb

lint (third-person singular simple present lints, present participle linting, simple past and past participle linted)

1. (transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

   You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.

Derived terms

• linter

See also

• Clothes dryer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Int'l, int'l, intl.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lənt/

Noun

lint (plural linte, diminutive lintjie)

1. A ribbon, band, tape.

Cimbrian

Noun

lint f

1. lind, linden

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lint
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

1. a ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile (non-adhesive) tape
2. (metonymic, chiefly diminutive) a decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts

Derived terms

• afzetlint
• feestlint
• grootlint
• lintaal
• lintbebouwing
• lintbloem
• lintdorp
• linters
• lintgetouw
• lintgras
• lintjesdag
• lintjesjager
• lintjesknipper
• lintjespasta
• lintjesregen
• lintvaren
• lintvis
• lintworm
• meetlint
• politielint

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lint
• Negerhollands: lent
• → Caribbean Hindustani: lenti

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lēns, lentem. Compare Italian and Venetan lente, lent, Romanian linte.

Noun

lint f

1. A lentil.

Middle English

Noun

lint

1. Alternative form of lynet