Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 35224 7001944 2009-07-18T18:30:30Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la}} {{term|plasticus||of molding|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|grc}} {{term|s=polytonic|πλαστικός||tr=plastikos|lang=grc}}, from {{term|πλάσσειν|sc=polytonic||lang=grc|tr=plassein||to mold, form}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈplastɪk/|/ˈplɑːstɪk/}} * {{audio|en-us-plastic.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|æstɪk}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # {{obsolete}} A [[sculptor]], [[moulder]]. # {{archaic}} Any solid but malleable substance. # A synthetic, [[thermoplastic]], hydrocarbon-based [[polymer]], solid material. # Any similar synthetic material, not necessarily thermoplastic. # {{colloquial}} [[credit card|credit]] or [[debit card]]s used in place of [[cash]] to [[buy]] [[goods]] and [[service]]s. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material}} * Armenian: [[պլաստմաս]] (plastmas) * Chinese: {{t-|cmn|塑料|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}} (sùliào) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|plastika|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|plastic}}, {{t|nl|plastiek|n}}, {{t+|nl|kunststof|c}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|muovi}} * French: {{t+|fr|plastique|f}} * [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|plástico|xs=Galician}} {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Plastik|n}}, {{t+|de|Kunststoff|f}} * Greek: {{t|el|πλαστικό|n|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: {{t-|is|plast|n}} * [[Ido]]: {{t-|io|plastiko|xs=Ido}} * Italian: {{t+|it|plastica|f}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|プラスチック|sc=Jpan}} (purasuchikku) * Korean: {{t+|ko|플라스틱|sc=Hang}} (peullaseutik) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|plástico|m}} * Russian: {{t|ru|пластмасса|sc=Cyrl}} (plastmássa) {{f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|plástico|m}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|plastik}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|any similar synthetic material}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|plastika|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|umělá hmota|f}}, {{t-|cs|plast|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|plastic}}, {{t+|nl|kunststof|c}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|muovi}} * [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|plástico|xs=Galician}} {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|Plastik|n}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|plástico|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|plástico|m}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|plastik}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|credit cards or debit cards}} * Finnish: [[muovi]] {{italbrac|slang}}, [[maksukortti]], [[luottokortti]] * German: {{t+|de|Plastikgeld|n}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: {{t-|is|plast|n}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj-more}} # Capable of being [[moulded]]; [[malleable]], [[flexible]], [[pliant]]. #* '''1749''', [[w:Henry Fielding|Henry Fielding]], ''[[w:Tom Jones|Tom Jones]]'', Folio Society 1973, p. 103: #*: the rage [...] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their '''plastic''' nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady. # Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. # {{dated}} [[creative|Creative]], [[formative]]. # {{biology}} Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. # {{context|medicine|now|_|rare}} Producing [[tissue]]. # Constructed of [[polymer]]. # Inferior or not the real thing; [[ersatz]]. #* {{quote-book|title=White papers for white Americans‎|page=67|author=Calvin C. Hernton|year=1966|passage=He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so '''plastic''' (that's the word, '''plastic''') that one wondered why did they did it at all.}} #* {{quote-book|title=The gospel of irreligious religion|page=83|author=Lowell D. Streiker|year=1969|passage=The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the '''plastic''' Hippie, the weekend Hippie}} #* {{quote-book|title=What do you say after you say hello?|page=120|author=Eric Berne|year=1973|passage=In fact it seems as though there are two kinds of people in the world: real people and '''plastic people''', as the Flower Children used to say.}} #* {{quote-book|title=Born to Be Wild‎|page=71|author=Catherine Coulter|year=2006|passage=But I don't think she would be happy in Los Angeles — it's so '''plastic''' and cheap and they expect the women to be whores to get anywhere.}} #* {{quote-book|title=We owe you nothing: Punk Planet: the collected interviews|page=238|author=Daniel Sinker|year=2007|passage=People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so '''plastic'''. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross.}} #* '''2008''', Matt James Mason, ''The pirate's dilemma: how youth culture is reinventing capitalism'' #*: Frustrated by a globalized music industry force-feeding them '''plastic''' pop music, hackers, remixers, and activists began to mobilize... ====Synonyms==== {{checksyns}} * [[malleable]], [[flexible]], [[pliant]] * [[ersatz]] ====Antonyms==== * [[elastic]] ====Derived terms==== * [[plastician]] * [[plasticity]] * [[plasticizer]] * [[plasticine]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|tvárný|m}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|plastisch}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|muovinen}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|plastisch}} * Italian: {{t-|it|plastico}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|Capable of adapting to varying conditions}} * Finnish: [[plastinen]], [[mukautuva]] * German: {{t+|de|plastisch}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|malleabile}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|maleable}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|Constructed of plastic}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|plastic}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|muovinen}} * French: {{t+|fr|plastique}} {{trans-mid}} * German: [[Plastik]]- {{italbrac|in compound words}} * Italian: {{t-|it|plastico}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|plástico}}, [[de]] [[plástico]] {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==French== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|en|fr}} {{term|plastic}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m}} # [[plastic explosive]] [[zh-min-nan:plastic]] [[et:plastic]] [[fa:plastic]] [[fr:plastic]] [[hy:plastic]] [[io:plastic]] [[id:plastic]] [[it:plastic]] [[lo:plastic]] [[hu:plastic]] [[nl:plastic]] [[pl:plastic]] [[ru:plastic]] [[simple:plastic]] [[sr:plastic]] [[fi:plastic]] [[sv:plastic]] [[ta:plastic]] [[te:plastic]] [[th:plastic]] [[tr:plastic]] [[vi:plastic]] [[zh:plastic]]