viscose

English

Etymology

From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- +‎ -ose. Doublet of viscous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪskəʊs/ enPR: vĭsʹkōs

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

viscose (countable and uncountable, plural viscoses)

1. 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)

2. A fabric made from this material.

   Hypernyms: fabric, material, stuff

   • 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

• visco-
• viscoid
• viscoidal
• viscosity
• viscous

Translations

liquid

• Catalan: viscosa f
• Czech: viskóza f
• Dutch: viscose (nl) m or f
• Finnish: viskoosi (fi)
• Italian: viscosa (it) f
• Polish: wiskoza (pl) f

fabric

• Bulgarian: вискоза f (viskoza)
• Czech: viskóza f
• Dutch: viscose (nl) m or f
• Estonian: viskoos
• Finnish: viskoosikuitu, viskoosi (fi)
• Irish: vioscós m
• Italian: viscosa (it) f
• Portuguese: viscose f
• Spanish: viscosa (es) f
• Swedish: viskos (sv) c

See also

• collodion

Anagrams

• Vescios

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vis.koz/

Noun

viscose f (plural viscoses)

1. viscose

Further reading

• “viscose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /visˈko.se/, /visˈko.ze/
• Rhymes: -ose, -oze
• Hyphenation: vi‧scó‧se

Adjective

viscose f pl

1. feminine plural of viscoso

Noun

viscose f pl

1. plural of viscosa

Anagrams

• sovesci, vescosi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪsˈkoː.sɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [visˈkɔː.s̬e]

Adjective

viscōse

1. vocative masculine singular of viscōsus