different between lino vs lin

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?n??

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.

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.

Anagrams

• Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lion, loin, noil

Bukat

Noun

lino

1. person

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li?no

Etymology 1

From Spanish lino, from Latin l?num, from Proto-Indo-European *l?no-. 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 Superseded by linen.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

Czech

Etymology

Clipping of linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n?/

Noun

lino n

1. linoleum

Declension

Synonyms

• linoleum

Derived terms

• linoryt m
• lino?ez m

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lino/
• Hyphenation: li?no
• Rhymes: -ino

Noun

lino (uncountable, accusative linon)

1. flax

Finnish

Noun

lino

1. linocut

Declension

Anagrams

• ilon, loin, olin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li.no/
• Hyphenation: lì?no

Etymology 1

From Latin l?num, from Proto-Indo-European *l?no-.

Noun

lino m (plural lini)

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

Related terms

• lineto
• linetto
• linea
• linicolo

Etymology 2

From Latin l?neus (“flaxen”).

Adjective

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

1. (rare) of flax or linen; flaxen

Anagrams

• Nilo
• noli

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lin?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li.no?/, [?l?no?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.no/, [?li?n?]

Verb

lin? (present infinitive linere, perfect active l?v?, supine litum); third conjugation

1. I daub, besmear, anoint

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

l?n?

1. dative/ablative singular of l?num

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?i.n?/

Noun

lino f

1. vocative singular of lina

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin l?num, from Proto-Indo-European *l?no-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lino/, [?li.no]

Noun

lino m (plural linos)

1. linen
2. flax

Derived terms

• linar
• linera
• linero
• linón

Related terms

• lienzo
• línea
• liña

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: lino

Further reading

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-Germanic *linnan? (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n/
• Homophone: Lynn
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop to cease.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].

   • 1684, Meriton, Praise Ale, 1.46 (quoted in the EDD):

     Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin.

   • 1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man, I. 238:

     He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had.

Derived terms

• blin

Etymology 2

See English linn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n/

Noun

lin (plural lins)

1. Alternative spelling of linn
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 9 p. 134[1]:

     And therefore, to recount her Rivers, from their Lins (marginal gloss) Meeres or Pooles, from whence Rivers spring

   • c. 1735-1801, John Millar, poem, published in 1979, William Christian Lehmann, John Millar of Glasgow, 1735-1801, page 414:

     Here the hammer's active din / Blends with sound of roaring lin.

   • 1776, David Herd, George Paton, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc, page 20, "Binnorie":

     Whan they came to the roaring lin, She drave unwitting Isabel in.

   • 1827, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 51:

     A step farther might be on the firm earth; but more probably it would be illusive, and dash him into the roaring Lin, where he would be ingulfed at once in its furious whirlpool.

   • 1861, Alexander McLachlan, The Emigrant: And Other Poems, page 201:

     O ye were ne ' er the ane to fret,

     But kept my heart aboon,

     Wi ' smiles sweet as when first we met,

     By Locher ' s roaring lin.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lin, from Old English l?n (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n/, /la?n/

Noun

lin (plural lins)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”)

   a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel

   • 1775, John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, page 16:

     […] to Sowerby-bridge, about twenty-four measured miles, wheel carriages would go in one day; and on that account they concluded that the manufacture of that place, Warrington, &c. would be much readier and cheaper supplied with lin-yarn, flax, &c. from the east, […]

     1641.—14 yards of femble cloth, 12s. ; 8 yards of linen, 6s. 8d. ; 20 yards of harden, 10s. ; 5 linen sheets, 1l. ; 7 linen pillow bears, 8s. ; 2 femble sheets and a line hard sheet, 10s. ; 3 linen towels, 4s. ; 6 lin curtains and a vallance, 12s. ; […]

   • 1864, Preston, Poems, 8:

     A yerd a gooid lin check.

   • 1866, Gilpin, Songs, 233:

     Paddeys wi' their feyne lin' ware.

   • 1874 (ed. of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, 27:

     Hoo wur stonnin' i' th' front of a weshin'-mug, wi' a lin brat afore her.

References

• lin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -nil-, NIL, nil

Cornish

Etymology 1

Noun

lin f (singulative linen)

1. linen

Etymology 2

Noun

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

Pronoun

lin

1. accusative of li; him

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin l?num, from Proto-Indo-European *l?no-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

lin m (plural lins)

1. linen
2. flax (the plant)

Related terms

• ligne
• linge

Further reading

• “lin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Nil

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin l?num.

Noun

lin m

1. linen
2. flax

Related terms

• linie

Galician

Verb

lin

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lijn, from Middle Dutch l?ne, from Old Dutch *l?na, from Proto-Germanic *l?n?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *l?no- (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?n]
• Hyphenation: lin

Noun

lin

1. line

   Synonym: garis

2. band

   Synonym: pita

3. a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines).

   Synonym: jalur

Further reading

• “lin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Mandarin

Romanization

lin

1. Nonstandard spelling of l?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of l?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

lin (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lyne

References

• “lin,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

Noun

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

Derived terms

• linolje
• lintøy

References

• “lin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

Noun

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

Derived terms

• linolje
• lintøy

References

• “lin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lin m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)

1. line (lineage; descent)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?in/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lin?, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian ???? (lin?).

Noun

lin m anim

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lin f

1. genitive plural of lina

Further reading

• lin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *lenus, from Latin lenis.

Adjective

lin m or n (feminine singular lin?, masculine plural lini, feminine and neuter plural line)

1. even, smooth
2. calm, quiet
3. mild, gentle, sweet

Declension

Synonyms

• (even, smooth): neted
• (calm, quiet): calm, lini?tit
• (mild, gentle): blând

Derived terms

• lini?te

See also

• senin

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lin)

Noun

lin m (plural lini)

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *l?n?. Cognate with English linen.

Noun

lin n

1. flax (plant)

Declension

Related terms

• linberedning
• linblomma
• linfält
• linolja
• lintråd
• linne

See also

• lina

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin l?num. Compare Italian lino

Noun

lin m (plural lini)

1. flax
2. linen (fibre)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?n/

Noun 1

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

Mutation

Noun 2

lin

1. Soft mutation of llin.

Mutation