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解説 Definition
主にイギリス英語のくだけた表現で、床材のリノリウム、またはリノリウム張りの床を指します。linoleum の短縮形です。
Lino is an informal, chiefly British term for linoleum, a durable floor covering traditionally made from materials including solidified linseed oil. It can refer either to the material itself or to a floor covered with it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lino は主にイギリス英語で使う linoleum のくだけた短縮形で、床に敷くリノリウムを指します。linoleum の先頭部分をそのまま残した形と捉え、lino floor や kitchen lino のような生活場面で覚えます。日本語の「リノ」だけで推測せず、家具ではなく床材だと結び付けるのが要点です。
Treat lino as the everyday British shortening of linoleum: it keeps the first two syllables and drops the rest. Picture a kitchen or hallway with a smooth, practical sheet floor, and remember combinations such as lino floor, kitchen lino, and a piece of lino. The word refers to the floor covering, not to furniture or a decorative fabric. Connecting lino with linseed oil also helps: traditional linoleum was made using oxidized linseed oil. In more formal writing or when the material needs to be identified precisely, the full form linoleum is usually clearer.
例文
We put new lino on the kitchen floor.
私たちは台所の床に新しいリノリウムを敷きました。
The old lino was cracked near the door.
古いリノリウムはドアの近くでひび割れていました。
lino の類義語・関連語
lino の語源・成り立ち Etymology
linoleum の短縮形で、ラテン語 linum（亜麻）+ oleum（油）が語源。亜麻仁油を主原料とする床材を指す。関連語に linen（亜麻布）、petroleum（石油＝petra 岩 + oleum 油）がある。
Lino is a shortened, informal form of linoleum. Linoleum was coined in the nineteenth century from Latin linum, meaning “flax,” and oleum, meaning “oil,” because linseed oil was a principal ingredient in the original material. Linen is related through Latin linum, while petroleum contains the same Latin word oleum as its second element. The short form lino is especially common in British usage for domestic flooring.
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