linseed

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

graine de lin

lin cultivé

lin

linette

Synonymes

flaxseed

flax

flax seed

common flax

silk

kind of flax

hemp

lint

sesame

Traductions

linaza

Leinsamen

seme di lino

λιναρόσπορος

linhaça

lijnzaad

vlaszaad

lli

Flachs

بذور الكتان

Gemeiner Lein

vlas

llinosa

linum

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɪnsiːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: linseed

Hérité de ancien anglais: 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.