linenとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from 古期英語 līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line +‎ -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”). More at line.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnɪn/

名詞

linen (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 linens)

1. (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

2. (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

   She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, […].

3. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

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形容詞

linen (not comparable)

1. Made from linen cloth or thread.
2. Having the colour linen, light beige.

参考

• fustian
• lingerie
• muslin
• flaxen
• Appendix:Colors

参照

• linen on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Lenin, linne

別の表記

• līnin, līnnen, līnnin

語源

From Proto-Germanic *līnīnaz, equivalent to līne +‎ -en.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.nen/

形容詞

līnen

1. (relational) linen

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