polypropylene

See also: Polypropylene and polypropylène

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ propylene

Noun

polypropylene (countable and uncountable, plural polypropylenes)

1. A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials. Also known as polypropene.

Synonyms

• polypropene, PP

Translations

resin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚丙烯 (zh) (jùbǐngxī)

• Czech: polypropylen m
• Finnish: polypropeeni (fi)
• French: polypropylène (fr) m
• German: Polypropylen (de) n
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• Italian: polipropilene (it) m
• Japanese: ポリプロピレン (ja) (poripuropiren)
• Korean: 폴리프로필렌 (pollipeuropillen)
• Polish: polipropylen (pl) m
• Russian: полипропиле́н (ru) m (polipropilén)
• Swedish: polypropylen