nylon

See also NYLON

English

Etymology

Arbitrary letters + -on (by analogy with cotton); the frequently heard claim that the word derives from abbreviations of New York ("NY") and London ("Lon") is a myth.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnaɪlɒn/, X-SAMPA: /"naIlQn/
• (US) nīʹlän, IPA: /ˈnaɪlɑːn/, X-SAMPA: /"naIlA:n/
• Rhymes: -aɪlɒn

Noun

Wikipedia nylon (countable and uncountable; plural nylons)

1. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
2. (plural only) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

   They left the strip club when they discovered the ladies only stripped down to their nylons.

Translations

substance

• Arabic: نايلون (ar) (nayluun) m
• Belarusian: нейлон (be) (nejlón) m
• Bulgarian: найлон (bg) (najlon) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼龍 (cmn), 尼龙 (cmn) (nílóng)

• Czech: nylon (cs) m
• Faroese: nailon (fo) n
• Finnish: nailon (fi)
• French: nylon (fr) m
• Georgian: ნეილონი (ka) (neiloni)
• German: Nylon (de) n
• Greek: νάιλον (el) (náilon) n
• Icelandic: nælon (is) n
• Irish: níolón (ga) m
• Italian: nylon (it), nailon (it)

• Japanese: ナイロン (ja) (nairon)
• Korean: 나일론 (ko) (naillon)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نایلۆن (ku)

• Malay: nilon (ms)
• Persian: نایلون (fa) (nâylon)
• Polish: nylon (pl) m
• Russian: нейлон (ru) (nejlón) m
• Serbo-Croatian: najlon (sh) m
• Spanish: nylon (es) m, nilón (es) m, nailon (es) m
• Swedish: nylon (sv)
• Thai: ไนล่อน (th) (naylôn)
• Ukrainian: нейлон (uk) (nejlón) m

sheer stocking

• Czech: nylonky (cs) f, nylonové punčochy (cs) f
• Faroese: nailonsokkur (fo) m
• Finnish: nailonit (fi) pl, nailonsukka (fi)
• German: Nylon m, Nylonstrumpf m

• Icelandic: nælonsokkur m
• Serbo-Croatian: najlonka (sh) f

Anagrams

• nonyl

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Czech

Noun

nylon m

1. nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)

Declension

    declension of nylon

	singular	plural
nominative	nylon	—
genitive	nylonu	—
dative	nylonu	—
accusative	nylon	—
vocative	nylone	—
locative	nylonu	—
instrumental	nylonem	—

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Finnish

Noun

nylon

1. nylon

Declension

Declension of nylon (type paperi) singular plural nominative nylon nylonit genitive nylonin nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten partitive nylonia nyloneita nyloneja accusative nylon nylonin nylonit inessive nylonissa nyloneissa elative nylonista nyloneista illative nyloniin nyloneihin adessive nylonilla nyloneilla ablative nylonilta nyloneilta allative nylonille nyloneille essive nylonina nyloneina translative nyloniksi nyloneiksi instructive – nylonein abessive nylonitta nyloneitta comitative – nyloneineen

Synonyms

• nailon