lienzo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lienço, from Latin linteum. It is not entirely clear why the Spanish form has the diphthong /je/, but there might have existed an early variant Vulgar Latin lĕnteum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljenθo/ [ˈljẽn̟.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈljenso/ [ˈljẽn.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -enθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -enso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: lien‧zo

Noun

lienzo m (plural lienzos)

1. canvas

   Synonym: lona

2. linen

   Synonym: lino

3. painting, picture

   Synonyms: cuadro, pintura

Derived terms

• lencero

Related terms

• lenzuelo
• lino

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “lienzo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 646

Further reading

• “lienzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026