cellulose

English

Wikipedia

Noun

cellulose (uncountable)

1. A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.
2. (organic chemistry) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.

Synonyms

• E460 when used as an emulsifier

Derived terms

• cellulose acetate
• cellulose nitrate
• lignocellulose

Translations

the polysaccharide cellulose

• Arabic: سليولوز (ar) (silyuluuz) m
• Catalan: cel·lulosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 纖維素 (cmn), 纤维素 (cmn) (xiānwéisù)

• Czech: celulóza (cs) f
• Danish: cellulose (da) c
• Dutch: cellulose (nl)
• Esperanto: celulozo (eo)
• Estonian: tselluloos (et)
• Finnish: selluloosa (fi) (1,2)
• French: cellulose (fr) f
• German: Zellulose (de) f, Cellulose (de) f, Zellstoff (de) m
• Greek: κυτταρίνη (el) (kyttaríni) f 
• Hebrew: תאית (he)
• Hindi: कोशाधु (hi) (koshaadhu)
• Icelandic: sellulósi (is) m, beðmi (is) n

• Ido: celuloso (io)
• Italian: cellulosa (it) f
• Japanese: セルロース (ja) (serurōsu)
• Korean: 셀룰로스 (ko) (sellulloseu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cellulose (no) m, sellulose (no) m

  Nynorsk: cellulose (nn) m, sellulose (nn) m

• Polish: celuloza (pl) f
• Portuguese: celulose (pt) f
• Russian: целлюлоза (ru) (celljulóza) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: ceallalos (gd) m
• Spanish: celulosa (es) f
• Swedish: cellulosa (sv) c
• Turkish: selüloz (tr)
• Volapük: sälülod (vo)

See also

• cellophane
• celluloid
• pentosan

Adjective

cellulose (not comparable)

1. Consisting of, or containing, cells.

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French

Noun

cellulose f (usually uncountable)

1. cellulose

References

• “cellulose” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

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Italian

Adjective

cellulose f

1. Feminine plural form of celluloso

Noun

cellulose f

1. Plural form of cellulosa