Meaning

3 senses

  1. (uncountable)Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

    Leinen

    полотно́polotnó, холстxolst

    white goods or clothing made with linen cloth

  2. (countable)Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

    She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.

    Heimtextilien

    бельёbelʹjó

    біли́знаbilýzna

    a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

  3. (countable, uncountable)A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

Examples

36 sentences

  1. Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

    ruНе выноси сор из избы. — marafon

    deWasche nicht öffentlich deine schmutzige Wäsche. — Esperantostern

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  2. Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.

    deWaschen wir doch unsere Schmutzwäsche nicht in der Öffentlichkeit! — brauchinet

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  3. Tom doesn't know the difference between linen and wool.

    ruТом не знает, чем лён отличается от шерсти. — marafon

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  4. The bed linen changes every week.

    ruПостельное бельё меняют каждую неделю. — odexed

    deDie Bettwäsche wird einmal die Woche gewechselt. — Grim_fandango

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  5. The mummies were wrapped in linen.

    ruМумии были завёрнуты в лён. — marafon

    deDie Mumien waren in Leinen eingeschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 2
thread or cloth made from flax fiber:
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Deutsch
By meaning 2
thread or cloth made from flax fiber:
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Origin

From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from

From 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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Forms

plural: linens
Singularlinen
Plurallinens

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish:linen paper

Word family

27 related words
Relatedlingerie
Derivedbedlinenbody linencottolinlack-linenlinen basketlinen closetlinen cupboardlinendraperlinenerlinenettelinenfoldlinen halllinenlesslinenlikelinen paperlinen proverlinenslinen testerlinenylinishlinoleumnonlinenprelinenshaving linen

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lineA1lineagelinearC1linemanlinerB2lineuplingB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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