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Definition: LENO |
LENONoun1. A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains. |
Date "LENO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Crosswords: LENO |
| Specialty definitions using "LENO": CARPET SEWER ♦ dan leno, dan leno assembly, dan leno board, dan leno bobbin, Dan leno stick ♦ FABRICATOR, FOAM RUBBER, foam fabricator, fringe-binder operator ♦ leno sewer ♦ MATTRESS MAKER, mock gauze, mock leno ♦ pony board ♦ sewing-machine operator, carpet and rugs, sisal operator, splits, spreader bar, spreading wire, STAPLER, HAND, sweep * ♦ wire stitcher, hand. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LENO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (go-between, procurer), Sotho (your). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Jeeze, Lois, is you think that's funny, you must write for Leno. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell Edit the 'Sun' (1902) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) Jay Leno and the American Dream (1986) The Jay Leno Special (1979) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Jay Leno | You aren't famous till my mother has heard of you. |
| The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "LENO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Leno | Last name | 400 | 20,748 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "LENO": dan leno ♦ dan leno assembly ♦ dan leno board ♦ dan leno bobbin ♦ Dan leno stick ♦ mock leno. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "LENO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | væv til elastiske textiler (loom for leno fabrics), mock leno (mock gauze, mock leno), mock gauze (mock gauze, mock leno), danlenokugle (bobbin, dan leno bobbin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kogel (ball, ball-bearing, bead, bobbin, bullet, dan leno bobbin, globe, pellet), danlenokogel (bobbin, dan leno bobbin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teräskuula (bobbin, dan leno bobbin), paino (ballast *, bobbin, dan leno bobbin, emphasis, load, mould weight, ponderosity, printing press, sinker, stress, weight, weight **). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gaze. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Webstuhl für elastische Gewebe (loom for leno fabrics), Mock Leno (mock gauze, mock leno), Mock Gauze (mock gauze, mock leno), Kugel (ball, ball-bearing, bobbin, bowl, bulb, bullet, dan leno bobbin, globe, marble, orb, pellet, scoop, shot, slug, sphere), Dan-Leno-Rolle (bobbin, dan leno bobbin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρούλι dan leno (bobbin, dan leno bobbin), καρούλι (bobbin, dan leno bobbin, reel, spool, trundle), μπομπίνα dan leno (bobbin, dan leno bobbin), μπομπίνα (bobbin, coil, dan leno bobbin, pirn, reel, spool), αργαλειός για ελαστικά υφάσματα (loom for leno fabrics), απομίμηση γάζας (mock gauze, mock leno). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | telaio per tessuti elastici (loom for leno fabrics), sfera della mazzetta (bobbin, dan leno bobbin), sfera (ball, bobbin, castor, dan leno bobbin, globe, orb, round, special jewel round, sphere), mock leno (mock gauze, mock leno), mock gauze (mock gauze, mock leno), diavolone (bobbin, dan leno bobbin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 노. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enolay tecido imitação de gaze (mock gauze, mock leno), tear para tecido elástico (loom for leno fabrics), esfera do calão (bobbin, dan leno bobbin). (various references) telar para tejidos elásticos (loom for leno fabrics), mock weave (mock gauze, mock leno), mock leño (mock gauze, mock leno), diábolo del calón (bobbin, dan leno bobbin), campana semiesférica (bobbin, dan leno bobbin). (various references) "danlenobobbins", "bobbins". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LENO": lenos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LENO": euglenoid, euglenoids, glenoid, inglenook, inglenooks, pollenoses, pollenosis, selenocentric, selenological, selenologies, selenologist, selenologists, selenology, selenous, solenoid, solenoidal, solenoids, splenomegalies, splenomegaly. (additional references) | |
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"LENO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alxenor, elne, elno, Glenoo, Lano, lanu, layon, leano, leco, ledo, leene, Lefnol, lego, lemo, len, lenao, lenix, lenk, Lenoci, lenoi, lenos, lenx, leny, Lenyon, lenz, lenzo, leong, lero, levo, lewo, Lezo, Linhof, Linpoh, liqo, Livno, llen, Llenor, lonnu, Lono, Lujo, luno, lwen, nelo, pleno, Qenmo, yeno, zeno. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LENO" (pronounced le"nō or lē"nō) |
| 3 | -e" n ō | steno. |
| 4 | l ē" n ō | lino. |
| 3 | -ē" n ō | amino, andantino, bambino, cappuccino, casino, Cassino, Chino, fino, keno, ladino, latino, maraschino, Merino, neutrino, palomino, wino. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: enol, lone, noel. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: eon, ole, one. | |
-2 letters: el, en, lo, ne, no, oe, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: alone, anole, clone, eloin, enols, enrol, felon, lemon, lenos, lento, leone, loden, loner, longe, melon, nerol, noble, noels, novel, olden, olein, pelon. | |
+2 letters: anoles, belong, benzol, blonde, cineol, cloned, cloner, clones, cloven, colone, cornel, dolmen, dongle, donzel, elevon, eloign, eloins, enfold, enhalo, enolic, enroll, enrols, ensoul, entoil, eolian, etalon, felons, felony, fondle, golden, holden, holpen, hondle, indole, insole, kelson, lanose, legion, legong, lemons, lemony, lentos, leones, lepton, lesion, lesson, leukon, loaned, loaner, lodens, lomein, loment, lonely, loners, longed, longer, longes, looney, loosen, louden, lounge, loupen, melons, melton, merlon, moline, molten, nelson, neroli, nerols, niello, nobble, nobler, nobles, noddle, nodule, noodle, novels, nozzle, oilmen, olefin, oleine, oleins, online, openly, phenol, pinole, poleyn, pollen, reloan, rondel, ronnel, sloven, solemn, stolen, telson, tolane, tonlet, woolen, zonule. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 4E 4F |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . -. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01001110 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E N O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 004E 004F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46394849 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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