viscose
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈvɪskəʊs/ enPR: vĭsʹkōs
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]viscose (countable and uncountable, plural viscoses)
- A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
- Synonym: cellulose xanthate
- Hypernyms: liquid < substance, material, stuff
- Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)
- A fabric made from this material.
- 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.
- 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:
- Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]liquid
fabric
See also
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]viscose f (plural viscoses)
Further reading
[edit]- “viscose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]viscose f pl
Noun
[edit]viscose f pl
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪsˈkoː.sɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [visˈkɔː.s̬e]
Adjective
[edit]viscōse
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