plexiglass

See also: Plexiglass

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plexiglas, a trademark.

Noun

plexiglass (countable and uncountable, plural plexiglasses)

1. polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
   • 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:

     The wall and door of the compartment on the corridor side are of plexiglass, fully curtained on the inside.

   • 2009 January 17, Michael Cieply, “The Films Are Green, but Is Sundance?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     A new concept car from Honda — a hydrogen-powered vehicle — sat inside the walls of a just-completed plexiglass tent at the corner of Seventh and Main Streets in the heart of downtown Park City, promoting the green pleasures of its energy conservation.

Translations

polymethyl methacrylate

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有機玻璃 / 有机玻璃 (zh) (yǒujī bōli)

• Czech: plexisklo (cs) n
• Esperanto: akrilata vitro
• Finnish: pleksilasi
• French: plexiglas (fr) m
• German: Acrylglas (de) n, Plexiglas (de) n
• Hebrew: פלקסיגלס m (pléksiglas), זכוכית אקרילית f (zkhukhít akrílit)
• Japanese: プレキシガラス (purekishigarasu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: tsésǫʼ naatʼoodí
• Polish: pleksiglas m
• Portuguese: acrílico (pt)
• Russian: плексигла́с (ru) m (pleksiglás), оргстекло́ (ru) n (orgstekló), органи́ческое стекло́ n (organíčeskoje stekló)
• Spanish: plexiglás (es) m
• Swedish: plexiglas (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: органі́чне скло n (orhaníčne sklo), оргскло́ n (orhskló)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Italian

Noun

plexiglass m (invariable)

1. plexiglass

   Synonym: polimetilmetacrilato