flax

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
2. (countable, uncountable) The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
3. (countable, uncountable) A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.

Concetti

lino

di tela

lino comune

sinonimi

linen

hemp

common flax

linseed

jute

canvas

cloth

flax-fibre

flax-plant

flax fiber

bark

linen fiber

lint

ramie

sackcloth

sacking

sesame

cannabis

Traduzioni

lin

Flachs

lino

linho

vlas

Lein

lli

linum

λινάρι

كتان

keten

lin cultivé

Leinen

līnum

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/flæks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: flax

Ereditato da inglese antico: fleax

Affine Old Frisian: flax

Affine olandese: vlas

Affine tedesco antico alto: flahs

Affine tedesco: Flachs

In summary

From Middle English flax, from Old English fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Dutch vlas, Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different.