linoleum

See also: linoléum, linóleum, and Linoleum

EnglishEdit

 
linoleum floor, showing edge.

EtymologyEdit

Coined by English inventor Frederick Walton c. 1864 from Latin līnum (flax) +‎ oleum (oil). Used as a trade name but never registered as a trademark, it was the first product whose name was ruled to be genericized.

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NounEdit

linoleum (countable and uncountable, plural linoleums)

  1. An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.
    Synonym: (colloquial) lino
    • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi
      The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.

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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /lɪnɔlɛʊ̯m/
  • Hyphenation: li‧no‧leum

NounEdit

linoleum n

  1. linoleum

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˌliˈnoː.leː.ʏm/, /ˌliˈnoː.li.ʏm/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

NounEdit

linoleum n (uncountable)

  1. linoleum

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English linoleum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /liˈnɔ.lewm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlewm
  • Syllabification: li‧nò‧leum

NounEdit

linoleum m (invariable)

  1. linoleum

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum. Doublet of linolje.

NounEdit

linoleum m (definite singular linoleumen, uncountable)

  1. linoleum

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum. Doublet of linolje.

NounEdit

linoleum m (definite singular linoleumen, uncountable)

  1. linoleum

Usage notesEdit

  • Prior to 1959, this noun was considered gramatically neuter.

ReferencesEdit

  • “linoleum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “linoleum”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /li.nɔˈlɛ.um/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛum
  • Syllabification: li‧no‧le‧um

NounEdit

linoleum n

  1. linoleum

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • linoleum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • linoleum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French linoléum.

NounEdit

linoleum n (plural linoleumuri)

  1. linoleum

DeclensionEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /linolěum/
  • Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

NounEdit

linolèum m (Cyrillic spelling линолѐум)

  1. linoleum

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SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English linoleum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

linoleum n (genitive singular linolea, nominative plural linoleá, genitive plural linoleí, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. linoleum

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Further readingEdit

  • linoleum in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk