laminate

See also: Laminate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1666; borrowed from New Latin laminātus, perfect passive participle of laminō (attested since the first quarter of the 16th century), from Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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. (transitive) To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.

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

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

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

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

Derived terms

• delaminate
• laminator
• overlaminate

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 cover in protective plastic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 護貝 / 护贝

• French: plastifier (fr)
• Italian: plastificare
• Portuguese: plastificar (pt)
• Russian: ламини́ровать (ru) (laminírovatʹ)
• Spanish: plastificar (es) (Spain), plasticar (Cuba, Guatemala), enmicar (es) (Mexico), laminar (es) (Central America), emplasticar
• Ukrainian: ламінува́ти impf or pf (laminuváty)

Noun

laminate (countable and uncountable, plural laminates)

1. Material formed of thin sheets glued together. [from 1939]

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 (ja) (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

• bilaminate
• delaminate
• eulaminate
• interlaminate
• laminate flooring
• laminately
• laminboard
• multilaminate
• nanolaminate
• neolaminate
• overlaminate
• quadrilaminate
• sublaminate
• trilaminate
• unilaminate

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