linoleum

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See also: linoléum, linóleum, and Linoleum

English

linoleum floor, showing edge.

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɪˈnəʊli.əm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɪˈnoʊli.əm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

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.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

linoleum n

  1. linoleum
    Synonym: lino

Declension

Declension of linoleum (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative linoleum linolea
genitive linolea linoleí
dative linoleu linoleím
accusative linoleum linolea
vocative linoleum linolea
locative linoleu linoleích
instrumental linoleem linolei

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌliˈnoː.leː.ʏm/, /ˌliˈnoː.li.ʏm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: li‧no‧le‧um

Noun

linoleum n (uncountable)

  1. linoleum

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

linoleum m (invariable)

  1. linoleum

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum. Doublet of linolje.

Noun

linoleum m (definite singular linoleumen, uncountable)

  1. linoleum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum. Doublet of linolje.

Noun

linoleum m (definite singular linoleumen, uncountable)

  1. linoleum

Usage notes

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

References

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

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.nɔˈlɛ.um/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛum
  • Syllabification: li‧no‧le‧um

Noun

linoleum n

  1. linoleum

Declension

Declension of linoleum
singular plural
nominative linoleum linolea
genitive linoleum linoleów
dative linoleum linoleom
accusative linoleum linolea
instrumental linoleum linoleami
locative linoleum linoleach
vocative linoleum linolea

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French linoléum.

Noun

linoleum n (plural linoleumuri)

  1. linoleum

Declension

Declension of linoleum
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) linoleum linoleumul (niște) linoleumuri linoleumurile
genitive/dative (unui) linoleum linoleumului (unor) linoleumuri linoleumurilor
vocative linoleumule linoleumurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

linolèum m (Cyrillic spelling линолѐум)

  1. linoleum

Declension

Declension of linoleum
singular
nominative linoleum
genitive linoleuma
dative linoleumu
accusative linoleum
vocative linoleume
locative linoleumu
instrumental linoleumom

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English linoleum.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. linoleum
    Synonym: lino

Declension

Declension of linoleum
singular plural
nominative linoleum linoleá
genitive linolea linoleí
dative linoleu linoleám
accusative linoleum linoleá
locative linoleu linoleách
instrumental linoleom linoleami

Further reading

  • “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

Swedish

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Noun

linoleum n or c

  1. linoleum

Declension

Declension of linoleum 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative linoleum linoleumet — —
Genitive linoleums linoleumets — —
Declension of linoleum 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative linoleum linoleumen — —
Genitive linoleums linoleumens — —

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