linseed

Betekenis (Engels)

The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.

Sinonieme

flaxseed

flax

flax seed

common flax

silk

kind of flax

hemp

lint

sesame

Vertalings

linaza

Leinsamen

λιναρόσπορος

seme di lino

graine de lin

lijnzaad

linhaça

vlaszaad

lli

Flachs

بذور الكتان

Gemeiner Lein

linum

vlas

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɪnsiːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: linseed

Geërf van Old English: līnsǣd

In summary

From Middle English linseed, lynseed, lynsede, from Old English līnsǣd (“seed of flax”), from līn (“flax”) (from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”)) + sǣd (“seed”). By surface analysis, lin + seed.