viscose

English

Etymology

From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”).

Pronunciation

enPR: vĭʹs.kō's

Noun

viscose (uncountable)

1. A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
2. A fabric made from this material.
   • 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.

Synonyms

• cellulose xanthate
• rayon

Translations

liquid

• Catalan: viscosa f
• Czech: viskóza f
• Dutch: viscose (nl) m or f
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• Finnish: viskoosi (fi)
• Italian: viscosa (it) f

fabric

• Bulgarian: вискоза f (viskoza)
• Czech: viskóza f
• Dutch: viscose (nl) m or f
• Estonian: viskoos
• Finnish: viskoosikuitu, viskoosi (fi)
• Irish: vioscós m
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• Italian: viscosa (it) f
• Portuguese: viscose f
• Spanish: viscosa (es) f
• Swedish: viskos (sv) c

Anagrams

• Vescios

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Italian

Adjective

viscose f pl

1. feminine plural of viscoso

Noun

viscose f pl

1. plural of viscosa

Anagrams

• sovesci, vescosi

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) viscōse

1. vocative masculine singular of viscōsus

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French

Noun

viscose f (plural viscoses)

1. viscose

Further reading

• “viscose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.