linnet

See also: Linnet

English

A linnet

Etymology

From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnɪt/
Rhymes: -ɪnɪt

Noun

linnet (plural linnets)

A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
- 1890, Robert Bridges, The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, Book I, V:
  I heard a linnet courting
  His lady in the spring […]
(US) A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.

Synonyms

(common linnet et al): lintwhite (archaic)

Derived terms

common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina)
Warsangli linnet (Linaria johannis, syn. Carduelis johannis)
Yemen linnet Linaria yemenensis, syn. Carduelis yemenensis)

Translations

Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa

Bulgarian: конопарче n (konoparče)
Czech: konopka f
Dutch: kneu (nl) f or m
Esperanto: kanabeno
Finnish: hemppo (fi)
French: linotte (fr) f
Galician: pintarroxo m, millarengo m, millaranco m, nabiñau m, rei (gl) m, zurica f, liñaceiro m
German: Hänfling (de) m
Hungarian: kenderike (hu)
Irish: gleoiseach f, coinnleoir óir m
Italian: fanello (it)
Latin: linaria f
Mari:
Eastern Mari: коршаҥгывуй (koršaṅgyvuj), кынегочшо (kynegočšo), олагайык (olagajyk), порсынвуй (porsynvuj)
Norman: (male) linnot m, (female) linnotte f
Persian: ژورک‎ (žurak)
Polish: makolągwa (pl) f
Portuguese: pintarroxo (pt) m
Russian: конопля́нка (ru) f (konopljánka)
Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn-lìn m, breacan-beithe m
Spanish: pardillo (es) m
Swedish: hämpling (sv) c
Ukrainian: конопля́нка f (konopljánka), конопля́рка f (konopljárka), конопля́ник m (konopljányk), конопе́льник m (konopélʹnyk), конопля́р m (konopljár)
Volapük: janafrin
Welsh: llinos f, aderyn y llin m
West Frisian: robyntsje

Swedish

Noun

linnet

definite singular of linne.