vlas

1. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)
2. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) the fibers of said plant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vlɑs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: vlas

Inherited from Old Dutch: *flas

In summary

From Middle Dutch vlas, from Old Dutch *flas, from earlier *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”); thus distantly related to vlechten.

Concepts

flax

linseed

common flax

linen

lint

Synonyms

linnen

Translations

Flachs

Lein

lin

lino

linho

lli

lino

len

Leinpflanze

λινάρι

linum

keten

lin

len zwyczajny

lin cultivé