linen

See also: Linen

English

Etymology

From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line +‎ -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”). More at line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnɪn/

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Noun

linen (countable and uncountable, plural linens)

1. (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

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.

   She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, […].

3. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

   linen colour:  

Hyponyms

• bedlinen
• dirty linen
• fair linen
• table linen
• underlinen

 

Derived terms

• bedlinen
• linenless
• linens
• linoleum
• underlinen

 

Related terms

• linen basket
• linen closet
• linen draper
• linen paper

 

Translations

thread or cloth made from flax fiber

• Arabic: كَتَّان‎ m (kattān)
• Armenian: քաթան (hy) (kʿatʿan)
• Catalan: lli (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞麻布 (zh), 亚麻布 (zh) (yàmábù), 麻布 (zh) (mábù)

• Czech: plátno (cs) n
• Danish: hør (da) c
• Dutch: linnen (nl) n, doek (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: hørur m, lín n
• Finnish: pellava (fi), liina (fi)
• French: toile (fr) f, lin (fr), linge (fr)
• Galician: lenzo (gl) m, liño m
• Georgian: სელი (seli)
• German: Leinen (de) n
• Greek: λινό (el) n (linó)

  Ancient: λίνον n (línon)

• Hebrew: פשתן‎ (he) m (pishtán)
• Hungarian: vászon (hu), lenvászon (hu)
• Irish: línéadach m
• Italian: lino (it) m
• Japanese: 亜麻布 (あまぬの, amanuno), リネン (rinen), リンネル (ja) (rinneru), 麻布 (ja) (まふ, mafu)

• Khmer: ធោវន្តពស្ត្រ (tʰoovoanta’pʊəh)
• Latin: linteum n
• Latvian: lini pl
• Mongolian: зотон (mn) (zoton), хөвөн даавуу (hövön daavuu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lin n, lintøy n

  Nynorsk: lin n, lintøy n

• Old Norse: hǫrr m, lín n
• Persian: کتان‎ (fa) (katân)
• Polish: płótno (pl) n lniane (pl)
• Portuguese: linho (pt) m
• Romanian: in (ro) n
• Russian: полотно́ (ru) n (polotnó), холст (ru) m (xolst)
• Scottish Gaelic: anart m
• Serbo-Croatian: platno (sh), prten (sh)
• Spanish: lino (es) m, linge (es) m
• Swedish: linne (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: keten (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: lliain (cy) m, llieiniau (cy) m pl
• Yiddish: לײַוונט‎ f or n (layvnt)

items

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞麻製品, 亚麻制品 (yàmá zhìpǐn)

• Finnish: liinavaate
• French: linge (fr) m
• Japanese: リネン製品 (りねんせいひん, rinennseihin)
• Latvian: veļa f
• Mongolian: орны даавуу (orny daavuu) (bed linen), амны алчуур (amny alčuur) (table linen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lintøy n

  Nynorsk: lintøy n

• Polish: bielizna (pl) f, bielizna stołowa f (table linen), bielizna pościelowa (bed linen), bielizna osobista f (undergarments)
• Portuguese: roupa (pt) f
• Romanian: lenjerie (ro) f
• Russian: бельё (ru) n (belʹjó)
• Scottish Gaelic: anart m
• Spanish: ropa blanca f
• Swedish: linne (sv)
• Welsh: lliain (cy) m, llieiniau (cy) m pl

colour

• Greek: λινόχρους (el) (linóchrous)
• Latvian: linkrāsa f

• Spanish: linocros m

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

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Etymology

From English linen, from Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“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

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Cornish

Noun

linen f (plural linennow or linednow)

1. singulative of lin
2. thread

Synonyms

• (thread): neusen/neujen

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Old English

Alternative forms

• līnin, līnnen, līnnin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz, equivalent to līne +‎ -en.

Adjective

līnen

1. made of flax, linen.

Declension

Declension of linen — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	līnen	līnenu, -o	līnen
Accusative	līnenne	līnene	līnen
Genitive	līnenes	līnenre	līnenes
Dative	līnenum	līnenre	līnenum
Instrumental	līnene	līnenre	līnene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	līnene	līnena, -e	līnenu, -o
Accusative	līnene	līnena, -e	līnenu, -o
Genitive	līnenra	līnenra	līnenra
Dative	līnenum	līnenum	līnenum
Instrumental	līnenum	līnenum	līnenum

Declension of linen — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	līnena	līnene	līnene
Accusative	līnenan	līnenan	līnene
Genitive	līnenan	līnenan	līnenan
Dative	līnenan	līnenan	līnenan
Instrumental	līnenan	līnenan	līnenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	līnenan	līnenan	līnenan
Accusative	līnenan	līnenan	līnenan
Genitive	līnenra, līnenena	līnenra, līnenena	līnenra, līnenena
Dative	līnenum	līnenum	līnenum
Instrumental	līnenum	līnenum	līnenum

Descendants

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

References

• línen in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary