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linnet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪnɪt/
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Etymology

From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).

Meanings

1. A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
   • I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring […] 1890, Robert Bridges, The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, Book I, V:
   • ⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36:
2. (US) A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.

Forms

Deriveds

linnet hole · Yemen linnet Linaria yemenensis · Warsangli linnet · green linnet · syn. Carduelis yemenensis) · pine linnet · common linnet · red linnet

Synonyms

lintwhite (common linnet et al)

Translations (49)

bg конопарче (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl nabiñau (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl zurica (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · mhr кынегочшо (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gd gealbhonn-lìn (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · it fanello (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · fa ژورک (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · nrf linnot (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · fy robyntsje (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · eo kanabeno (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · hu kenderike (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · tr keten kuşu (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ast pardiellu (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · cy llinos (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · mhr порсынвуй (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · de Hänfling (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · mhr олагайык (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · uk конопля́р (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl millarengo (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gd breacan-beithe (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ru конопля́нка (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · la linaria (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ota كتان قوشی (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · uk конопля́нка (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · uk конопля́рка (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl liñaceiro (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · uk конопля́ник (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · cs konopka (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · mhr коршаҥгывуй (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · fo línígða (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · uk конопе́льник (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ast pardal (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · pl makolągwa (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · pt pintarroxo (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl rei (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · es pardillo (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · cy adar y llin (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ast pardu coloráu (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · vo janafrin (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · nl kneu (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ga gleoiseach (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · nrf linnotte (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · sv hämpling (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · fi hemppo (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl millaranco (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ro cânepar (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · gl pintarroxo (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · ga coinnleoir óir (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) · fr linotte (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa)