thermoplastic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der.

English thermo-

Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō

Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō?

Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der.

Latin plasticusder.

English plastic

English thermoplastic

From thermo- + plastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɜː(ɹ)məˌplæstɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

thermoplastic (not comparable)

1. Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.

   Coordinate term: thermosetting

Derived terms

• photothermoplastic
• thermoplastically
• thermoplastic polyurethane
• thermoplastic resin

Translations

softening when heated

• Catalan: termoplàstic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱塑性的 / 热塑性的 (zh) (rèsùxìng de)

• Dutch: thermoplastisch (nl)
• Finnish: lämpömuovattava, termoplastinen
• French: thermoplastique (fr)
• German: thermoplastisch
• Greek: θερμοπλαστικός (el) (thermoplastikós)
• Hungarian: hőre lágyuló
• Irish: teirmeaplaisteach
• Māori: rewarau
• Portuguese: termoplástico
• Romanian: termoplastic (ro)
• Spanish: termoplástico
• Welsh: thermoplastig

Noun

thermoplastic (usually uncountable, plural thermoplastics)

1. A plastic with this property.

   Coordinate term: thermoset

Translations

plastic with this property

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱塑性塑料 / 热塑性塑料 (rèsùxìng sùliào)

• Czech: termoplast m
• Dutch: thermoplast (nl) m
• Finnish: kestomuovi
• French: thermoplastique (fr) m
• German: Thermoplast (de) m or n
• Hungarian: hőre lágyuló műanyag
• Māori: kirihou rewarau, parateke rewarau
• Spanish: termoplástico m
• Swedish: termoplast (sv) c
• Welsh: thermoplastig m

See also

• thermoplastic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia