linter
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editlinter (countable and uncountable, plural linters)
- The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
- (countable) A machine for removing these fibres.
- Synonym: delinter
- A person or device that collects lint for use in making hats etc.
See also
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editlinter (plural linters)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom older form lunter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”); more at pluit (“it rains”). Cf. also Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlin̪t̪er]
Noun
editlinter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | linter | lintrēs |
Genitive | lintris | lintrium |
Dative | lintrī | lintribus |
Accusative | lintrem | lintrēs lintrīs |
Ablative | lintre | lintribus |
Vocative | linter | lintrēs |
- The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “linter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “linter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- linter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “linter”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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