different between lint vs lind

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 l?num (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: Lent (with pin-pen merger)

Noun

lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)

1. A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
2. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

3. The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. Raw cotton ready for baling.

Derived terms

• lint-free, lintfree

Translations

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.

References

Anagrams

• Int'l, int'l, intl.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Hyphenation: lint
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lint

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin l?ns, lentem. Compare Italian and Venetian lente, lent, Romanian linte.

Noun

lint f

1. A lentil.

Middle English

Noun

lint

1. Alternative form of lynet

English

Etymology

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

lind (plural linds)

1. (obsolete) the lime tree, or linden tree

Albanian

Etymology

Nasal present of lej. From Proto-Albanian *(a)liienT-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to grow, feed”). Possibly, an original present participle. Compare Old English leodan, Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Old Norse loðenn (“to grow”), lind (“wellspring”).

Verb

lind (first-person singular past tense linda, participle lindur)

1. to give birth, bear (child)

Synonyms

• lej

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -end

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lind.

Adjective

lind

1. soft
2. thin

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind.

Noun

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonn?t, Mansi ???? (lunt) and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lind?/

Noun

lind (genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

Declension

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linde, from Old High German lind, lindi, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Compare English lithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/

Adjective

lind (comparative linder, superlative am lindesten or am lindsten)

1. (archaic, poetic) mild; gentle

Declension

Derived terms

• gelinde
• lindern

Related terms

• Lindwurm

Further reading

• “lind” in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Probably related to sense 2 (“linden tree”)

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Declension

Synonyms

• (spring): uppspretta, brunnur, vatnsrás

Derived terms

• auðlind (“natural resource”)
• gróðalind (“profit source”)
• olíulind (“oil source”)
• orkulind (“power source”)
• tekjulind (“source of income”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

Declension

Synonyms

• (linden): linditré

References

• The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. (1934). United States: Journal Publishing Company, p. 93

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Finnic *lentädäk. i may be by analogy to "bird".

Alternative forms

• (Courland) lindõ

Verb

lind

1. (Salaca) to fly

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Middle English

Noun

lind (plural lyndes)

1. Alternative form of lynde.

References

• “lind(e,, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f or m (definite singular linda or linden, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

References

• “lind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f (definite singular linda, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

References

• “lind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lindu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lind/

Noun

lind f (nominative plural linde)

1. lime, linden
2. (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)

Derived terms

• lindhæbbend

Descendants

• Middle English: lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn
  • English: lind
  • Scots: lind, lynde, leind

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f

1. lime, linden (tree)
2. (poetic) linden shield, spear-shaft (weaponry or gear made from lime)

Declension

Descendants

References

• lind in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Plautdietsch

Adjective

lind

1. mild, soft
2. lenient

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lind

Pronunciation

Noun

lind c

1. linden tree

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Inflection

Derived terms

• kagrlind
• kegonpaniilind
• kodalind
• käbulind
• pihl'lind
• rugižlind
• toroklind
• tähklind
• vagolind
• vilulind
• lindunpoigaine

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika