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English
Etymology
From Italian leno (“weak, flexible”).
Noun
leno
- (textiles) A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Synonyms
Translations
Anagrams
- Elon, Leon, León, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, elon, enol, lone, neol., noel, nole, noël, one L
Kashubian
Adverb
leno
- only, merely, solely
Further reading
- “leno”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tylko”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Latin
Etymology
Unknown; likely a foreign word.
Pronunciation
Noun
lēnō m (genitive lēnōnis); third declension
- pimp, procurer
- seducer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
lēnō (present infinitive lēnāre, supine lēnātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem
- to pimp, to pander
Conjugation
References
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “leno”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 351
- “leno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “leno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- leno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to act the rôle of a slave, pander: agere servum, lenonem
- “leno”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “leno”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lêːno/
- Hyphenation: le‧no
Adverb
lȇno (Cyrillic spelling ле̑но)
- lazily
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
leno
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of len