linoleum

Coined by English inventor Frederick Walton c. 1864 from Latin līnum (“flax”) +‎ oleum (“oil”). Used as a trade name but never registered as a trademark, it was the first product whose name was ruled to be genericized.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɪˈnəʊli.əm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɪˈnoʊli.əm/

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linoleum (countable and uncountable, plural linoleums)

1. An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.

   Synonym: (colloquial) lino

   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:

     The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.

• oilcloth

• linoleum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English linoleum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪnolɛu̯m]
• Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

linoleum n

1. linoleum

   Synonym: lino

Borrowed from English linoleum.

• IPA^(key): /ˌliˈnoː.leː.ʏm/, /ˌliˈnoː.li.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

linoleum n (uncountable)

1. linoleum

• marmoleum

• lijnolie

Unadapted borrowing from English linoleum.

• IPA^(key): /liˈnɔ.lewm/
• Rhymes: -ɔlewm
• Hyphenation: li‧nò‧leum

linoleum m (invariable)

1. linoleum

• linoleista

• milleuno

Borrowed from English linoleum. Doublet of linolje.

linoleum m (definite singular linoleumen, uncountable)

1. linoleum

• “linoleum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “linoleum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Borrowed from English linoleum. Doublet of linolje.

linoleum m (definite singular linoleumen, uncountable)

1. linoleum

• Prior to 1959, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.

• “linoleum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “linoleum”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Borrowed from English linoleum.

• IPA^(key): /li.nɔˈlɛ.um/

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• Rhymes: -ɛum
• Syllabification: li‧no‧le‧um

linoleum n

1. linoleum

• linoleum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• linoleum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French linoléum.

linoleum n (plural linoleumuri)

1. linoleum

Borrowed from English linoleum.

• IPA^(key): /linolěum/
• Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

linolèum m (Cyrillic spelling линолѐум)

1. linoleum

Borrowed from English linoleum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlinɔleum]

linoleum n (genitive singular linolea, nominative plural linoleá, genitive plural linoleí, declension pattern of mesto)

1. linoleum

   Synonym: lino

• “linoleum”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

linoleum n or c

1. linoleum

• linoleumkniv
• linoleumsnitt (“linocut”)

• korkmatta

• linoleum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• linoleum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• linoleum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)