leno
noun
leno is a noun meaning “A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-N-O and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of leno is lenos.
What does leno mean?
noun
- 1
A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce leno?
Leno has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of leno
- lenos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is leno?
Leno appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does leno come from?
From French linon (“lawn (linen fabric)”), from lin (“linen; flax”) + -on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).