linen

Other forms of linen

plural

linens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about linen

What does linen mean?

linen means "a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in linen?

linen has 2 syllables: lin-en. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪnən/.

What is another word for linen?

Close synonyms include linen paper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is linen a common word?

linen is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.