• IPA: /ˈlɪnɪn/

linen

1. (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
2. (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

   She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, […].

3. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

    

• French: toile, lin, linge
• German: Leinen
• Italian: lino
• Portuguese: linho
• Russian: полотно́
• Spanish: lino, linge

• French: linge
• Portuguese: roupa
• Russian: бельё
• Spanish: ropa blanca

• Spanish: linocros

linen (not comparable)

1. Made from linen cloth or thread.
2. Having the colour linen, light beige.

1. Surname