linho

Portuguese

linho

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.ɲu/ [ˈlĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.ɲu/ [ˈlĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
• Hyphenation: li‧nho

Noun

linho m (plural linhos)

1. flax
2. linen (material)

Related terms

• lenço
• linha