nylon
See also: NYLON
English
Etymology
Arbitrary letters + -on (by analogy with cotton); the widespread claim that the word derives from abbreviations of New York and London is a myth. Another claim is that an earlier name proposed for the material, intended for use in stockings, was "no-run", which was altered to avoid falsely representing that stockings made from the material would not run at all.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. nīʹlän, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪlɑn/
- Rhymes: -aɪlɒn
- Hyphenation: ny‧lon
Noun
nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)
- 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.
- (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
- I tore a hole in my nylons while walking home through the woods.
Derived terms
Translations
substance
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sheer stocking
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Descendants
References
- ^ John Algeo, The Origins and Development of the English Language (2009), p. 224.
Anagrams
Czech
Noun
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- nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nylon n (uncountable)
Derived terms
Noun
nylon m (plural nylons)
Finnish
Noun
nylon
Declension
Inflection of nylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nylon | nylonit | ||
genitive | nylonin | nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten | ||
partitive | nylonia | nyloneita nyloneja | ||
illative | nyloniin | nyloneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nylon | nylonit | ||
accusative | nom. | nylon | nylonit | |
gen. | nylonin | |||
genitive | nylonin | nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten | ||
partitive | nylonia | nyloneita nyloneja | ||
inessive | nylonissa | nyloneissa | ||
elative | nylonista | nyloneista | ||
illative | nyloniin | nyloneihin | ||
adessive | nylonilla | nyloneilla | ||
ablative | nylonilta | nyloneilta | ||
allative | nylonille | nyloneille | ||
essive | nylonina | nyloneina | ||
translative | nyloniksi | nyloneiksi | ||
abessive | nylonitta | nyloneitta | ||
instructive | — | nylonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
nylon m (plural nylons)
- nylon (material)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
nylon m (uncountable)
- nylon (a synthetic polymer)
Spanish
Noun
nylon m (uncountable)
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