linho

Portuguese

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

 

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

Noun

linho m (plural linhos)

  1. flax
  2. linen (material)

Further reading

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