linho
Portuguese, noun/ˈlĩ.ɲu/
linho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “flax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tecido fabricado com as fibras do linho (planta)”.
What does linho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflax
- 2
masculinelinen (material)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tecido fabricado com as fibras do linho (planta) 2. nome vulgar de algumas plantas herbáceas da família das Lináceas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of linho
- linhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linho?
- Brazil /ˈlĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈlĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈli.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to linho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is linho in Portuguese?
linho appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).