lin

See also Lin, līn, lín, lǐn, lìn, and lîn

English

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist (from something), stop.
   • 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 [...].

2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cease; leave off.

Derived terms

• blin

Etymology 2

From Irish or Gaelic.

Alternative forms

• linn
• lyn

Noun

lin (plural lins)

1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
2. A waterfall, or cataract.

   a roaring lin

3. A steep ravine.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• nil

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Cornish

Noun

lin f (singulative linen)

1. linen

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lin/

Pronoun

lin

1. accusative of li; him

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lɛ̃/, X-SAMPA: /lE~/

Noun

lin m (plural lins)

1. linen
2. flax (the plant)

Anagrams

• Nil

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Galician

Verb

lin

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

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Lojban

Rafsi

lin

1. rafsi of linsi.

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Mandarin

Romanization

lin

1. Nonstandard spelling of līn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìn.

Usage notes

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

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Old French

Etymology

Noun

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

1. line (lineage; descent)

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Polish

lin

Pronunciation

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Noun

lin m

1. tench

Declension

    declension of lin

	singular	plural
nominative	lin	liny
genitive	lina	linów
dative	linowi	linom
accusative	lina	liny
instrumental	linem	linami
locative	linie	linach
vocative	linie	liny

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lenus, from lenis.

Adjective

lin ^{4 nom/acc forms}

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

Declension

declension of lin

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lin		lină	lini	line
	definite	linul		lina	linii	linele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lin		line	lini	line
	definite	linului		linei	linilor	linelor

Synonyms

• (1) neted
• (2) calm, liniștit
• (3) blând

Derived terms

• liniște

See also

• senin

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Swedish

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lin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /liːn/

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Noun

lin n

1. flax (plant)

Declension

Declension of lin

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	lin	linet
genitive	lins	linets

Related terms

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

See also

• lina

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian lino

Noun

lin m (plural lini)

1. flax
2. linen (fibre)