laminate

See also: Laminate

English

Etymology

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”).

Pronunciation

• Verb: enPR: lămʹĭ-nāt, IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɪneɪt/

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• Noun: enPR: lămʹĭ-nət, IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɪnət/

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Verb

laminate (third-person singular simple present laminates, present participle laminating, simple past and past participle laminated)

1. To assemble from thin sheets glued together.

   We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.

2. To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.

   We laminated the printouts so we could use them as signage.

3. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
4. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Derived terms

• delaminate

Translations

To assemble from thin sheets

• Bulgarian: ламинирам (laminiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 層壓／层压 (zh) (céngyā)

• Dutch: lamineren (nl)
• Finnish: laminoida
• French: lamifier, stratifier (fr)
• German: laminieren (de)
• Norman: lanminner
• Swedish: laminera (sv)

To сover in protective plastic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 護貝／护贝

• French: plastifier (fr)
• Russian: ламини́ровать (ru) (laminírovatʹ)
• Spanish: plastificar (es) (Spain), plasticar (Cuba, Guatemala), enmicar (es) (Mexico)
• Ukrainian: ламінува́ти impf or pf (laminuváty)

Noun

laminate (countable and uncountable, plural laminates)

1. Material formed of thin sheets glued together.

Derived terms

• composite laminate

Translations

Material formed of thin sheets

• Bulgarian: ламинат m (laminat)
• Czech: laminát (cs) m
• Dutch: laminaat (nl)
• Esperanto: lameno
• Finnish: laminaatti
• French: lamifié (fr) m, stratifié (fr) m
• German: Laminat (de) n
• Japanese: ラミネート (raminēto)
• Russian: ламина́т (ru) m (laminát)
• Spanish: laminado (es) m
• Turkish: laminat (tr)

Adjective

laminate (not comparable)

1. Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Derived terms

• laminate flooring

Anagrams

• Lamanite, amential, antimale, malanite

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

laminate

1. inflection of laminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

laminate f pl

1. feminine plural of laminato

Anagrams

• Antelami, alimenta, lamentai

Spanish

Verb

laminate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of laminar combined with te