lino
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
Etymology 1
Contraction of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
lino (usually uncountable, plural linos)
- (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, colloquial, informal) Abbreviation of linoleum.
- 1996 July 20, Malcolm Tippett, “Dogs ...No Way”, in aus.jokes, Usenet:
- The third thing was the TORN lino in the kitchen, new puppy found it great fun to tear strips of lino off the floor .. first you scrabble like crazy with your claws to start a tear, and then you use teeth to tear off a lovely strip of lino to chew . We are still too scared to replace the lino as the next puppy will probably do the same .
- 2018 October 30, Augie, “Frontline or Advantage for fleas?”, in aus.pets, Usenet:
- When we moved here, the people before had dogs, complete with crawling carpet and jumping lino. When we ripped up all the carpet and lino prior to moving in, we also bought half a dozen flea bombs, and bombed UNDER the house.
- 2018 April 25, George W Frost, “Found this old paper under the lino of a reno”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules, Usenet:
- I took up the lino from the kitchen and found this newspaper clipping
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Contraction of linesman + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
lino (usually uncountable, plural linos)
Anagrams
Bukat
Noun
lino
Further reading
- Bernard Sellato, Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest →ISBN, 1994)
- ABVD
Czech
Etymology
Clipping of linoleum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪnɔ/
Noun
lino n
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- linoryt m
- linořez m
Finnish
Noun
lino
Declension
| Inflection of lino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lino | linot | |
| genitive | linon | linojen | |
| partitive | linoa | linoja | |
| illative | linoon | linoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lino | linot | |
| accusative | nom. | lino | linot |
| gen. | linon | ||
| genitive | linon | linojen | |
| partitive | linoa | linoja | |
| inessive | linossa | linoissa | |
| elative | linosta | linoista | |
| illative | linoon | linoihin | |
| adessive | linolla | linoilla | |
| ablative | linolta | linoilta | |
| allative | linolle | linoille | |
| essive | linona | linoina | |
| translative | linoksi | linoiksi | |
| instructive | — | linoin | |
| abessive | linotta | linoitta | |
| comitative | — | linoineen | |
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.
Noun
lino m (plural lini)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *linō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.noː/, [ˈlɪ.noː]
Verb
linō (present infinitive linere, perfect active lēvī, supine litum); third conjugation
Inflection
Derived terms
Noun
līnō
References
- lino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.
Noun
lino m (plural linos)
Derived terms
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