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linen

See also: Linen

English

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three linen fabrics

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪnɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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linen (countable and uncountable, plural linens)

  1. (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      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:
      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.
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Adjective

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linen (not comparable)

  1. Made from linen cloth or thread.
  2. Having the colour linen, light beige.

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Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: li‧nen

Noun

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linen

  1. linen; thread or cloth made from flax fiber

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linen

  1. made from linen cloth or thread

Cornish

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Noun

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linen f (plural linennow or linednow)

  1. singulative of lin
  2. thread

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch linnen, from Middle Dutch linijn, from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlinən]
  • Hyphenation: li‧nên

Noun

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linên (uncountable)

  1. linen: a cloth made from flax.

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Old English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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līnen

  1. (relational) linen

Declension

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Declension of līnen — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative līnen līnenu, līnnu, līneno, līnno līnen
Accusative līnenne līnene, līnne līnen
Genitive līnenes, līnnes līnenre līnenes, līnnes
Dative līnenum, līnnum līnenre līnenum, līnnum
Instrumental līnene, līnne līnenre līnene, līnne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative līnene, līnne līnena, līnna, līnene, līnne līnenu, līnnu, līneno, līnno
Accusative līnene, līnne līnena, līnna, līnene, līnne līnenu, līnnu, līneno, līnno
Genitive līnenra līnenra līnenra
Dative līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum
Instrumental līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum
Declension of līnen — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative līnena, līnna līnene, līnne līnene, līnne
Accusative līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan līnene, līnne
Genitive līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan
Dative līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan
Instrumental līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan
Accusative līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan līnenan, līnnan
Genitive līnenra, līnenena, līnnena līnenra, līnenena, līnnena līnenra, līnenena, līnnena
Dative līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum
Instrumental līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum līnenum, līnnum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: lynnen; lynen

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