Dictionary

polypropylene en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English propylene English polypropylene From poly- + propylene.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.
   • Near-synonym: ♷

Forms

Coordinates

polyethylene · polyethene

Deriveds

polypropylene glycol

Hypernyms

polyolefin

Synonyms

♷ · polypropene · PP

Translations (15)

fi polypropeeni (resin) · it polipropilene (resin) · fr polypropylène (resin) · vi polipropilen (resin) · ru полипропиле́н (resin) · ko 폴리프로필렌 (resin) · ja ポリプロピレン (resin) · de Polypropylen (resin) · sv polypropylen (resin) · ca polipropilè (resin) · pl polipropylen (resin) · cs polypropylen (resin) · cmn 聚丙烯 (resin) · et polüpropeen (resin) · el πολυπροπυλένιο (resin)