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linoleum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /lɪˈnoʊli.əm/ (US)
  • /lɪˈnəʊli.əm/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • 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. 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:

Forms

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Deriveds

lino · linoleum knife · linoleumed

Descendants

линолѐум · լինոլեում · linoleum · Linoleum · linoleum · linóleo · linoleum · linòleum · linoleum · linoleum · linoleum · linoleumi · linoleum · linoleum · リノリウム · linoleum · линолеум · linoléum · linoleum · ლინოლეუმი · linóleo · linóleo · лино́леум · linoleumo · λινόλεουμ

Relateds

oilcloth

Synonyms

lino

Translations (32)

es linóleo (inexpensive waterproof covering) · pl linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · el λινόλεουμ (inexpensive waterproof covering) · fr linoléum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · sk linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · sv linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · gl linóleo (inexpensive waterproof covering) · cs linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · cmn 油地氈 /油地毡 (inexpensive waterproof covering) · mi kahupeka (inexpensive waterproof covering) · ru лино́леум (inexpensive waterproof covering) · pdt Teppich (inexpensive waterproof covering) · ca linòleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · id linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · hy լինոլեում (inexpensive waterproof covering) · cmn 油布 (inexpensive waterproof covering) · fi linoleumi (inexpensive waterproof covering) · mk линоле́ум (inexpensive waterproof covering) · it linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · eo linoleumo (inexpensive waterproof covering) · ro linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · ar مُشَمَّع (inexpensive waterproof covering) · sh linolèum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · cmn 油氈 /油毡 (inexpensive waterproof covering) · ja リノリウム (inexpensive waterproof covering) · de Linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · kk линолеум (inexpensive waterproof covering) · ka ლინოლეუმი (inexpensive waterproof covering) · hu linóleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · sv korkmatta (inexpensive waterproof covering) · io linoleum (inexpensive waterproof covering) · sh линолѐум (inexpensive waterproof covering)

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