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leno

leno noun: a type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

Noun

leno (countable and uncountable, plural lenos)

  1. A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
    Synonyms:
    gauze weave, leno weave

Proper noun capitalized: Leno

Leno (plural Lenos)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of leno

  • gauze weave
  • leno weave

Forms of leno

Noun
plurallenos
Proper noun
pluralLenos

Origin of leno

From French linon (“lawn (linen fabric)”), from lin (“linen; flax”) + -on.

Questions about leno

What does leno mean?
Leno means a type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
What part of speech is leno?
Leno can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of leno?
The plural of leno is lenos.

Words near leno in the dictionary

  1. Lenny Face
  2. Lenny Faces
  3. Lenny Skutnik
  4. Lenné
  5. Lenné Triangle
  6. leno
  7. Lenobel
  8. Lenoble
  9. lenoblite
  10. lenocinant
  11. lenocinate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leno (page history and authors); Leno (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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