linter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

linter (plural linters)

  1. The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
  2. A machine for removing these fibres.

Etymology 2

lint +‎ -er

Noun

linter (plural linters)

  1. (computing) A program or algorithm that performs linting.

Latin

Etymology

From older form lunter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”); more at pluit (“it rains”). Cf. also Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlɪn.tɛr]

Noun

linter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension

  1. tub, trough
  2. small light boat, skiff

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative linter lintrēs
Genitive lintris lintrium
Dative lintrī lintribus
Accusative lintrem lintrēs
lintrīs
Ablative lintre lintribus
Vocative linter lintrēs
  • The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum.

Descendants

References
  • linter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • linter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • linter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • linter in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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