linter

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From lint + -er. ==== Noun ==== linter (countable and uncountable, plural linters) The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning. (countable) A machine for removing these fibres. Synonym: delinter A person or device that collects lint for use in making hats etc. ===== See also ===== lint doctor lint roller === Etymology 2 === From lint + -er. ==== Noun ==== linter (plural linters) (computing) A program or algorithm that performs linting. Coordinate term: sanitizer == Latin == === Etymology === The form lunter is thought to be older. Compare Ancient Greek λιντήρ (lintḗr). Traditionally said to derive from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”) (more at pluit (“it rains”)) and to be related to Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr), but the loss of the p is unexplained. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈlɪn.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlin.ter] === Noun === linter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension tank, tub, trough, vat, washtub small, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherry ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum. ==== Descendants ==== Albanian: ljundrë Aromanian: luntri, lãndurã Dalmatian: lundro Romanian: luntre Neapolitan Calabrian: luntri === 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