linoleum
English
/lɪˈnəʊli.əm/, /lɪˈnoʊli.əm/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Affix from Latin līnum (flax, linen, string) + Latin oleum (oil, olive oil).
Origin
Latin
oleum
Gloss
oil, olive oil
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
油
Emoji
🛢️ 🪔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- indole English
- leucoline English
- linoleumed English
- oleamen English
- oleic English
- oleiferous English
- oleo- English
- phenetol English
- pinacolin English
- rhigolene English
- salicylol English
- serolin English
- öljy Finnish
- *oli̯u Latin
- linarius Latin
- liniger Latin
- līneola, līneolus Latin
- līnum Latin
- oleamen Latin
- olearis Latin
- olearius Latin
- oleosus Latin
- oleum Latin
- lino Italian
- linoleista Italian
- linoleum Italian
- oleificio Italian
- oleo- Italian
- olio Italian
- linoleum Dutch, Flemish
- lin French
- lino Spanish, Castilian
- óleo Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλαία Ancient Greek
- ἔλαιον Ancient Greek
- ὀδών Ancient Greek
- *līno- Proto-Indo-European
- olje Norwegian Bokmål
- óleo Portuguese
- linoleum Polish
- linoryt Polish
- olje Norwegian Nynorsk
- ele Old English
- linoleum Czech
- linette Old French
- oile Old French
- olie Old French
- linoleum Serbo-Croatian
- линолеум Serbo-Croatian
- lli Catalan, Valencian
- oli Catalan, Valencian
- óleo Galician
- in Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- olew Welsh
- ole Old High German
- oli Old High German
- Sinapis Translingual
- olae Old Irish
- olja Faroese
- lîn Norman
- линолеум Kazakh
- 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅 Gothic
- olig Old Dutch
- lynno Old Portuguese
- lỹo Old Portuguese
- olie, oli(e) Middle Low German
- ljin Aromanian
- òli Occitan
- ieli Romansh
- lin Friulian
- vueli Friulian
- ogghiu Sicilian
- lin Venetian
- ogio Venetian
- ojo Venetian
- olie xno
- heule Bourguignon
- olio Aragonese
- oli Lombard