noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈlɪnsiːd/
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CMU ARPABET:L IH1 N S IY2 D
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The ancients regarded linseed as a source of medical benefits.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flaxseed
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the seed of flax used as a source of oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flaxseed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oilseed, oil-rich seed
History
Etymology
From Middle English linseed, lynseed, lynsede, from Old English līnsǣd (“seed of flax”), from līn (“flax”) (from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”)) + sǣd (“seed”). By surface analysis, lin + seed.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَذْر الْكَتَّان
(baḏr al-kattān)
— seed of the flax plant
Bulgarian:
ленено семе
(leneno seme)
— seed of the flax plant
Chinese Cantonese:
亞麻籽 /亚麻籽
(aa3 maa4 zi2)
— seed of the flax plant
Chinese Mandarin:
亞麻籽 /亚麻籽
(yàmázǐ)
— seed of the flax plant
Chinese Mandarin:
亞麻仁 /亚麻仁
(yàmárén)
— seed of the flax plant
Czech:
lněné semeno
— seed of the flax plant
Danish:
hørfrø
— seed of the flax plant
Dutch:
vlaszaad
— seed of the flax plant
Dutch:
lijnzaad
— seed of the flax plant
Finnish:
pellavansiemen
— seed of the flax plant
French:
graine de lin
— seed of the flax plant
Galician:
liñaza
— seed of the flax plant
German:
Leinsamen
— seed of the flax plant
Greek:
λιναρόσπορο
(linarósporo)
— seed of the flax plant
Ancient Greek:
λινόσπερμον
(linóspermon)
— seed of the flax plant
Hindi:
अलसी
(alsī)
— seed of the flax plant
Hungarian:
lenmag
— seed of the flax plant
Hunsrik:
Lingjasse
— seed of the flax plant
Icelandic:
hörfræ
— seed of the flax plant
Irish:
ros
— seed of the flax plant
Irish:
ros lín
— seed of the flax plant
Italian:
seme di lino
— seed of the flax plant
Luxembourgish:
Fluesssom
— seed of the flax plant
Persian:
بذرکتان
— seed of the flax plant
Persian:
بزرک
(bazrak)
— seed of the flax plant
Persian:
زغیره
(zaɣire)
— seed of the flax plant
Polish:
siemię lniane
— seed of the flax plant
Portuguese:
linhaça
— seed of the flax plant
Russian:
льняно́е се́мя
(lʹnjanóje sémja)
— seed of the flax plant
Spanish:
linaza
— seed of the flax plant
Swedish:
linfrö
— seed of the flax plant
Tagalog:
linas
— seed of the flax plant
Turkish:
keten tohumu
— seed of the flax plant
Turkish:
bezir
— seed of the flax plant
Turkish:
zeyrek
— seed of the flax plant
Ottoman Turkish:
بزر
(bezr, bezir)
— seed of the flax plant
