linnet
pronunciation
How to pronounce linnet in British English:
UK [ˈlɪnɪt]
How to pronounce linnet in American English:
US [ ˈlɪnɪt]
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- Noun:
- small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
- small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
Word Origin
- linnet
- linnet: see linen
- linnet (n.)
- small finch-like songbird, 1530s, from Middle French linette "grain of flax," diminutive of lin "flax," from Latin linum "linen" (see linen). Flaxseed forms much of the bird's diet. Old English name for the bird was linetwige, with second element perhaps meaning "pluck." This yielded Middle English and dialectal lintwhite.
Example
- 1. And evening full of the linnet 's wing .
- 2. The linnet sang in my heart today .
- 3. Linnet greet their long lost companion .
- 4. That I know not linnet .
- 5. The linnet chirps her vernal song .