linen
Made from linen cloth or threadMade from linen cloth or thread.
» Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Wasche nicht öffentlich deine schmutzige Wäsche. — Esperantostern
Не выноси сор из избы. — marafon
Не выставляй напоказ своё грязное бельё. — marafon
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2 senses(not comparable)Made from linen cloth or thread.
(not comparable)Having the colour linen, light beige.
Examples
36 sentencesDon't wash your dirty linen in public.
ruНе выноси сор из избы. — marafon
deWasche nicht öffentlich deine schmutzige Wäsche. — Esperantostern
Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.
deWaschen wir doch unsere Schmutzwäsche nicht in der Öffentlichkeit! — brauchinet
Tom doesn't know the difference between linen and wool.
ruТом не знает, чем лён отличается от шерсти. — marafon
The bed linen changes every week.
ruПостельное бельё меняют каждую неделю. — odexed
deDie Bettwäsche wird einmal die Woche gewechselt. — Grim_fandango
The mummies were wrapped in linen.
ruМумии были завёрнуты в лён. — marafon
deDie Mumien waren in Leinen eingeschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), fromFrom Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”) and thus also Linum. More at line.
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