linho

1. (masculine) flax
2. (masculine) linen (material)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlĩ.ɲu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: līnum

Cognate with Galician: liño

Cognate with Catalan: lli

Cognate with Romanian: in

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lynno, lỹo, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-. Cognate with Galician liño, Spanish and Italian lino, Catalan lli, Occitan and French lin and Romanian in.

Concepts

flax

linen

linseed

common flax

lint

flax plant

Synonyms

pano

tela

Translations

lin

lino

lino

Flachs

vlas

len

lli

linum

Lein

linnen

Leinen

toile

keten

płótno

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