polyurethane

See also: polyuréthane

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English urethane

English polyurethane

From poly- + urethane.

Noun

polyurethane (plural polyurethanes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.
   • 1977 December 31, “One Person Dies in Castro Baths Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 3:

     Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.

Synonyms

• PUR (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• nonpolyurethane
• poly skin
• thermoplastic polyurethane

Translations

any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links

• Catalan: poliuretà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚氨酯 (zh) (jù'ānzhǐ)

• Czech: polyuretan m
• Dutch: polyurethaan (nl) n
• Finnish: polyuretaani (fi)
• French: polyuréthane (fr) m
• German: Polyurethan n
• Greek: πολυουρεθάνη (el) f (polyouretháni)
• Hungarian: poliuretán (hu), (foam) purhab
• Icelandic: pólýúretan n
• Italian: poliuretano (it) m
• Japanese: ポリウレタン (ja) (poriuretan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polyuretan n

  Nynorsk: polyuretan n

• Portuguese: poliuretano (pt) m
• Romanian: poliuretan (ro) m
• Russian: полиурета́н (ru) m (poliuretán)
• Spanish: poliuretano m
• Turkish: poliüretan (tr)
• Ukrainian: поліурета́н m (poliuretán)

Verb

polyurethane (third-person singular simple present polyurethanes, present participle polyurethaning, simple past and past participle polyurethaned)

1. (transitive) To coat (a floor etc.) with polyurethane.