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Linné

Linné is the alternative form of Linnaeus.

Meaning of Linnaeus

Proper noun

Linnaeus

  1. Carl (or the latinized Carolus) Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné, Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy."

Origin of Linné

Borrowed from Swedish. Gallicization of Latin Linnaeus. The Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus took the surname Linné when he was ennobled in 1762. At that point, he was already renowned abroad by the name Linnaeus.

Words formed from Linné

Questions about Linné

What is Linné the alternative form of?
Linné is the alternative form of Linnaeus.

Words near Linné in the dictionary

  1. linnorms
  2. linnow
  3. linns
  4. linny
  5. Linnæan
  6. Linné
  7. lino
  8. linoblock
  9. linoblocks
  10. linocut
  11. linocuts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Linné (page history and authors); Linnaeus (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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