"Linux" meaning in English

See Linux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈlɪnəks/, /ˈlɪnʊks/ Audio: Linus-linux.ogg , en-us-Linux.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Linux.wav Forms: Linuxes [plural], Linuxen [plural, slang]
Etymology: Blend of Linus + Unix, from the name of its creator Linus Torvalds. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Linus|Unix}} Blend of Linus + Unix Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Linuxes|Linuxen|pl3qual=slang}} Linux (countable and uncountable, plural Linuxes or (slang) Linuxen)
  1. (computing, strictly) The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Computing, Linux, Software Synonyms: linux
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  2. (broadly) Any operating system that uses this kernel. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (operating system): لِينُكْس (līnuks) [masculine] (Arabic), Լինուքս (Linukʻs) (Armenian), Лі́нукс (Línuks) [masculine] (Belarusian), Ли́нукс (Línuks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လင်းနပ်စ် (lang:napc) (Burmese), 利納克斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 利纳克斯 (Lìnàkèsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Linukso (Esperanto), Linux (Finnish), Linux (French), ლინუქსი (linuksi) (Georgian), Linux [neuter] (German), Λίνουξ (Línoux) [neuter] (Greek), לינוקס (linuks) [masculine] (Hebrew), लिनुक्स (linuks) (Hindi), लिनक्स (linaks) (Hindi), Linux (Indonesian), リナックス (Rinakkusu) (Japanese), លីនុច (liinuc) (Khmer), 리눅스 (Rinukseu) (Korean), ລິນຸກຊ໌ (li nuk sa) (Lao), Линукс (Linuks) [masculine] (Macedonian), Linux (Malay), Линукс (Linuks) (Mongolian), لینوکس (linuks) (Persian), Linux [masculine] (Polish), Linux [masculine] (Portuguese), Ли́нукс (Línuks) [masculine] (Russian), Линукс [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Linuks [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Linux [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Linux (Swedish), ลินุกซ์ (lí-núk) (Thai), Linux (Turkish), Linuks (Turkish), Лі́нукс (Línuks) [masculine] (Ukrainian), لینکس (linaks) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Linux-en-name-G543ZxyY Disambiguation of 'operating system': 37 63

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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