English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

lint ‎(uncountable)

1. a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds
2. clinging fuzzy fluff that accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc
3. the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant

Derived terms

• lint-free, lintfree

Translations

Etymology 2

From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language,^[1] 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)

1. (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.‎

References

1. ↑
   2016, “Question “What is linting””, in Stack Overflow, retrieved February 4, 2016:

Anagrams

• int'l, intl.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Noun

lint n ‎(plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

1. ribbon

Derived terms

• lintworm
• meetlint

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lēns, lentem. Compare Italian Venetian lente, lent, Romanian lint.

Noun

lint f

1. lentil