linne

See also: Linne

English

Etymology

See linen.

Noun

linne

(obsolete) flax

References

“linne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Lenin, Linen, linen

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲɪn̠ʲə/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

linne

genitive singular of linn

Etymology 2

linn +‎ -ne

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlʲɪn̠ʲə/

Pronoun

linne

first-person plural emphatic of le

Middle English

Verb

linne

Alternative form of linnen

Adjective

linne

Alternative form of lynnen

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lind

Noun

linne f (genitive singular linne, plural linneachan or linntean)

Swedish

Han har på sig ett linne

Hon har på sig ett linne

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish linne, from Middle Low German linne. Doublet of lin. Arguably a back-formation by misinterpreting archaic linnet n (adjective), from linnen c (adjective), as a noun. See Proto-West Germanic *līnīn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

linne n

linen
a tank top, a singlet, (UK) a vest
Jag har på mig ett linne för att visa upp min muskulösa kropp
I am wearing a tank top to show off my muscular body
a camisole
Synonym: kamisol
(somewhat dated) a nightgown, a nightdress
Synonyms: nattlinne, särk

Hon öppnade dörren i bara linnet
She answered the door in just her nightgown

Declension

Declension of linne
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	linne	linnet	linnen	linnena
Genitive	linnes	linnets	linnens	linnenas

Derived terms

bordslinne
linneförråd
linneskjorta
linneskåp
nattlinne
sänglinne

References

linne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
linne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
linne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
linne in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

Nilen

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