cellophane

English

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Etymology

Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose and diaphane.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sě'ləfān, IPA: /ˈsɛləfeɪn/, X-SAMPA: /"sEl@feIn/
• Rhymes: -ān

Noun

cellophane (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
   • 1967, The Beatles, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (song): 

     Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head

Translations

the transparent plastic film

• Arabic: سيلوفان (ar) (silufaan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玻璃紙 (cmn), 玻璃纸 (cmn) (bōlizhǐ)

• Czech: celofán (cs) m
• Danish: cellofan (da) n
• Finnish: sellofaani (fi)
• French: cellophane (fr) f

• German: Cellophan (de) n, Zellglas (de) n
• Japanese: セロファン (ja) (serofan), セロハン (ja) (serohan)
• Korean: 셀로판 (ko) (sellopan)
• Polish: celofan (pl) m
• Russian: целлофан (ru) (cellofán) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: целофан (sh) m

  Roman: celofan (sh) m