English

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Basic leno weave
Woven leno mesh bag for shellfish, firewood and produce

Etymology

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From French linon (lawn (linen fabric)), from lin (linen; flax) + -on.[1]

Noun

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leno

  1. (textiles) A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

Synonyms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ leno, n.”, in OED Online  , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɔ
  • Syllabification: le‧no

Adverb

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leno (not comparable)

  1. only, merely, solely
    Synonyms: le, blós

Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tylko”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • leno”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown; likely a foreign word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lēnō m (genitive lēnōnis); third declension

  1. pimp, procurer
  2. seducer

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lēnō lēnōnēs
genitive lēnōnis lēnōnum
dative lēnōnī lēnōnibus
accusative lēnōnem lēnōnēs
ablative lēnōne lēnōnibus
vocative lēnō lēnōnēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: lenone
  • Spanish: lenón

Verb

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lēnō (present infinitive lēnāre, supine lēnātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

  1. to pimp, to pander

Conjugation

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References

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  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “leno”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[2] (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[3], 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

Old Leonese

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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leno

  1. (Asturias) Alternative form of xeno

Descendants

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lêːno/
  • Hyphenation: le‧no

Adverb

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lȇno (Cyrillic spelling ле̑но)

  1. lazily

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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leno

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of len