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English

Etymology

From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English l?nen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *l?n?n (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *l?n? (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?no- (“flax”), equivalent to line +? -en. Cognate with Latin l?num (“flax”). More at line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n?n/

Noun

linen (countable and uncountable, plural linens)

1. (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
2. (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.
3. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

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Translations

Adjective

linen (not comparable)

1. Made from linen cloth or thread.
2. Having the colour linen, light beige.

See also

• fustian
• lingerie
• muslin
• flaxen
• Appendix:Colors

References

• linen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Lenin, linne

Cebuano

Etymology

From English linen, from Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English l?nen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *l?n?naz (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *l?n? (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?no- (“flax”). Superseded lino.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li?nen

Noun

linen

1. linen; thread or cloth made from flax fiber

Adjective

linen

1. made from linen cloth or thread

Cornish

Noun

linen f (plural linennow or linednow)

1. singulative of lin
2. thread

Synonyms

• (thread): neusen/neujen

Old English

Alternative forms

• l?nin, l?nnen, l?nnin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *l?n?naz, equivalent to l?ne +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?.nen/

Adjective

l?nen

1. (relational) linen

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: lynnen; lynen
  • English: linen
  • Scots: linin, linnin

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “línen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Alternative forms

• hasp

Etymology

Compare Icelandic hespa (“a hasp, a wisp or skein”). See hasp.

Noun

hesp (plural hesps)

1. (Scotland) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.

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Anagrams

• Ephs, PSHE, Shep, eshp, heps, pehs, shep

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hespe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp/
• Hyphenation: hesp
• Rhymes: -?sp

Noun

hesp f (plural hespen)

1. (chiefly Belgium) ham (type of pork, meat from the thigh of a hog)

   Synonym: ham

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah. Cognate to Persian ???? (asb).

Noun

hesp m

1. horse

Descendants

• ? Old Armenian: ???? (hasb) (probably)