Esperanto

Proper noun

Lino ‎(accusative Linon)

1. A male given name, akin to Linus.

Italian

Proper noun

Lino ‎(m)

1. A male given name

Anagrams

• Nilo
• noli

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.noː/, [ˈlɪ.noː]

Proper noun

Linō m

1. dative of Linus or Linos
2. ablative of Linus or Linos

English

Noun

lino ‎(usually uncountable, plural linos)

1. (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 .

   • 2016 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.

   • 2016 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

Etymology 2

Contraction of linesman + -o ‎(“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

lino ‎(usually uncountable, plural linos)

1. (Britain, colloquial, informal, soccer) Abbreviation of linesman.
   • 2014 October 4, MartTheTaxi, “Twitter status”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     Lino flagged a bit late but was right

Anagrams

• lion
• loin
• noil

Czech

Etymology

Clipping of linoleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnɔ/

Noun

lino n

1. linoleum

Declension

Synonyms

• linoleum

Derived terms

• linoryt m
• linořez m

Finnish

Noun

lino

1. linocut

Declension

Anagrams

• ilon, loin, olin lion

Italian

Etymology

From Latin līnum.

Noun

lino m ‎(plural lini)

1. flax (plant and fiber)
2. linen (thread or cloth made from flax fiber)

Related terms

• lineto

Anagrams

• Nilo
• noli

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

1. I daub, besmear, anoint

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

līnō

1. dative singular of līnum
2. ablative singular of līnum

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lino”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin līnum.

Noun

lino m ‎(plural linos)

1. linen
2. flax

Derived terms

• linar