linseed

English

Linseed

Etymology

From Middle English linseed, lynseed, lynsede, from Old English līnsǣd (“seed of flax”), from līn (“flax”) (from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”)) + sǣd (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnsiːd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

linseed (countable and uncountable, plural linseeds)

1. The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.

   Synonym: flaxseed

   The ancients regarded linseed as a source of medical benefits.

Meronyms

• linoleic acid

Derived terms

• linseed oil

Related terms

• linen

Translations

seed of the flax plant

• Arabic: بَذْر الْكَتَّان (baḏr al-kattān)
• Bulgarian: ленено семе n (leneno seme)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 亞麻籽 / 亚麻籽 (aa³ maa⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 亞麻籽 / 亚麻籽 (yàmázǐ)

• Czech: lněné semeno n
• Danish: hørfrø n
• Dutch: vlaszaad (nl) n, lijnzaad (nl) n
• Finnish: pellavansiemen
• French: graine de lin f
• Galician: liñaza f
• German: Leinsamen (de) m
• Greek: λιναρόσπορο m (linarósporo)

  Ancient: λινόσπερμον n (linóspermon)

• Hindi: अलसी (hi) (alsī)
• Hungarian: lenmag (hu)
• Hunsrik: Lingjasse f
• Icelandic: hörfræ (is) n
• Irish: ros m, ros lín m
• Italian: seme di lino m
• Luxembourgish: Fluesssom m
• Persian: بذرکتان (fa)
• Polish: siemię lniane (pl) n
• Portuguese: linhaça (pt) f
• Russian: льняно́е се́мя n (lʹnjanóje sémja)
• Spanish: linaza (es) f
• Swedish: linfrö (sv) n
• Tagalog: linas (tl)
• Welsh: had llin m, llinad m

Further reading

• linseed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• delines, delsine, enisled, ensiled, neleids