# lint
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɪnt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪnt
* Homophones: lent, Lent, leant (pin–pen merger)

#### Noun

lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)
* Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
    Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter.
* A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
* The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
* Raw cotton ready for baling.

##### Derived terms

* boracic lint
* lint doctor
* lint-free, lintfree
* lint roller
* lint-scraper

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### Etymology 2

From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).

#### Verb

lint (third-person singular simple present lints, present participle linting, simple past and past participle linted)
* (transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
    You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.

##### Derived terms

* linter

### See also

* Clothes dryer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ “Question “What is linting””, in Stack Overflow, 2016, retrieved February 4, 2016

### Anagrams

* Int'l, int'l, intl.

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch lint.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lənt/

### Noun

lint (plural linte, diminutive lintjie)
* A ribbon, band, tape.

## Cimbrian
### Noun

lint f
* lind, linden

### References

* Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Dutch
### Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɪnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: lint
* Rhymes: -ɪnt

### Noun

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)
* a ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile (non-adhesive) tape
* (metonymically, chiefly diminutive) a decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts

#### Derived terms

* afzetlint
* feestlint
* grootlint
* lintaal
* lintbebouwing
* lintbloem
* lintdorp
* linters
* lintgetouw
* lintgras
* lintjesdag
* lintjesjager
* lintjesknipper
* lintjespasta
* lintjesregen
* lintvaren
* lintvis
* lintworm
* meetlint
* politielint

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: lint
* Negerhollands: lent
* → Caribbean Hindustani: lenti

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin lēns, lentem. Compare Italian and Venetan lente, lent, Romanian linte.

### Noun

lint f
* A lentil.

## Middle English
### Noun

lint
* Alternative form of lynet