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Definitions: Linnet |
LinnetNoun1. Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico. 2. Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Linnet" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "beautiful", "a serpent", "a dragon", "soft", "tender". |
Date "linnet" was first used: sometime around 1530. (references) |
Synonym: LinnetSynonym: house finch (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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| Carduelis cannabina |
The Linnet, Carduelis cannabina, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
This bird breeds in Europe, westernl Asia and north Africa. It is partially resident, but many eastern and northern birds migrate further south in the breeding range, or move to the coasts.
Open land with thick bushes is favoured for breeding, including heathland and garden. It builds its nest in a bush, laying 4-7 eggs.
This species can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixed with other finches, such as Twite, on coasts and salt marshes. The food is mainly seeds. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp, and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made.
It is slim bird with a long tail. The upperparts are brown, the throat is sullied white and the bill grey. The summer male has a grey nape, red head patch and red breast.
Females and young birds lack the red and have white underparts with the breast streaked buff. The pleasant song contains fast trills and twitters.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Linnet."
Crosswords: Linnet |
| English words defined with "linnet": Gorse bird, Greenfinch ♦ Lintwhite ♦ Mountain linnet ♦ Redfinch ♦ Twite. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Photographed circa 1940, at about the time she was acquired by the U.S. Navy. Note U.S. flag painted on the side of her pilothouse as a wartime neutrality marking. Built in 1928, Georgetown was acquired by the Navy on 4 September 1940 and commissioned on 3 March 1941 as USS Linnet (AM-76).Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Linnet" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 69.49% of the time. "Linnet" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 69.49% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (singular) | 30.51% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Linnet" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "beautiful", "a serpent", "a dragon", "soft", "tender". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Linnet." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Belinda | Female | English | N/A |
| Linda | Female | English | Belinda |
| Linette | Female | English | Lynette |
| Linnet | Female | English | Lynette |
| Linnette | Female | English | Lynette |
| Lynette | Female | English | Lynn |
| Lynn | Female, Male | English | Linda |
| Lynnette | Female | English | Lynette |
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Expressions using "linnet": brown linnet ♦ gray linnet ♦ Green linnet ♦ linnet finch ♦ mountain linnet ♦ red linnet ♦ redpoll linnet ♦ rose linnet. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "linnet": linnet-like. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
linnet | 77 |
green linnet | 22 |
bird linnet | 9 |
green linnet record | 5 |
anne linnet | 4 |
finch linnet | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "linnet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التفاحي طائر, الزقيقية طائر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Конопарче. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Konopka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tornirisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kneu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hemppo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Linotte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hänfling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοκκινόσπιζα, Σπίνοσ (Finch), Γαρδέλι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ַוחית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kenderike (Twite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fanello. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ushag y lhieen, Phillip ny kennipey, bytermyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | innetlay Precipício (abyss, chasm, gulf, precipice), pintarrôxo-comum, Acanthis cannabina. (various references) Cânepar. (various references) Коноплянка. (various references) bricean-beithe (chaffinch). (various references) konopljarka (green linnet). (various references) pardillo común, Pardillo. (various references) Hämpling. (various references) Ketenkuşu. (various references) Коноплянка. (various references) llinos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Acanthis cannabina, Carduelis cannabina, linum, RM:chanvalin. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | linette. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "linnet": linnets. (additional references) | |
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"Linnet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ainnit, clennett, finnet, Glynneath, Glynneth, innet, lanet, Lannet, Lawnet, leanent, Lehnert, Lennartz, lennet, limnanth, Lindt, linelt, linened, linet, linit, linnal, linnan, Linne, linnect, linnent, linnut, linot, lonet, Lonnen, Lunnen, minnet, Minnett, sinnett, tinnet, winnet, Xinet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "linnet" (pronounced li"ni't) |
| 3 | -n i' t | whodunit. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-n-t" | |
-1 letter: elint, inlet, linen. | |
-2 letters: lent, lien, line, linn, lint, lite, nine, nite, tile, tine. | |
-3 letters: inn, lei, let, lie, lin, lit, net, nil, nit, tel, ten, tie, til, tin. | |
-4 letters: el, en, et, in, it, li, ne, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-n-t" | |
+1 letter: lenient, linnets. | |
+2 letters: buntline, dentinal, gantline, gentling, indolent, influent, innately, insolent, intently, internal, latening, lenition, liniment, nestling, nettling, nonelite, nontitle, sentinel, unsilent. | |
+3 letters: alignment, alinement, anciently, anthelion, antialien, anticline, antinovel, buntlines, cantilena, eglantine, eminently, enlighten, enlisting, entailing, entitling, entoiling, frontline, galantine, gantlines, inclement, indulgent, inelegant, infantile, influents, inletting, insolents, insolvent, intensely, interclan, interlend, interlent, interline, interlink, internals, lamenting, leniently, lenitions, levanting, lineament, lineation, liniments, listening, melatonin, negligent, nestlings, nilpotent, nonmotile, pinnately, relenting, sentinels, singleton, sklenting, telneting, tensional, tinseling, triennial, tunneling, unbelting, univalent, valentine. | |
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