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linóleo

Portuguese, noun/liˈnɔ.lju/

linóleo is spelled L-I-N-Ó-L-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linóleo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “linoleum (waterproof fabric made of jute and smeared with a mixture of oil and cork powder, used as a mat or cover)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de fazenda não permeável fabricada a partir da fibra da juta”.

What does linóleo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelinoleum (waterproof fabric made of jute and smeared with a mixture of oil and cork powder, used as a mat or cover)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. tipo de fazenda não permeável fabricada a partir da fibra da juta

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 linóleo

  • linóleos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce linóleo?

  • Brazil /liˈnɔ.lju/
  • Portugal /liˈnɔ.lju/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is linóleo in Portuguese?

linóleo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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