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glassine en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English glass Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English glassine From glass + -ine.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages.
    • Each illustration was protected by a glassine page that had to be turned delicately. 2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 7:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, supercalendered paper.
  3. (countable, uncountable, used as a plural, usually) A small stamp packet made from glassine paper.

Forms

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Translations (2)

ca paper cristall (smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, super-calendered paper) · bg оризова хартия (smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, super-calendered paper)