# silicone
## English
### Etymology

From silicon +‎ -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

silicone (countable and uncountable, plural silicones)
* (chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.
** 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 93:[H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.

#### Derived terms

* siliconed
* silicone grease
* silicone rubber
* silicone spray
* siliconing

#### Translations
### Verb

silicone (third-person singular simple present silicones, present participle siliconing, simple past and past participle siliconed)
* (transitive) To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product.
    silicone the bathtub to the tile
** 1984, United States National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 963:Structural glazing or siliconing of window units is, according to Donald F. Kelly, Jr., president of AMPAT, the bonding of glass to a metal frame.
* (informal, transitive) To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.
** 2011, Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, page 27:The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’

### Adjective

silicone (not comparable)
* (slang) Having had cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargement.
** 2006 09, Anne Thomas Soffee, Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City: A True Story of Faking It in Hair Metal L. A., Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 125:Besides, the bevy of silicone beauties surrounding him would have been difficult, not to mention ego-crushing, to wade through.
** 2009, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Anonymous Celebrity, Dalkey Archive Press, →ISBN, page 152:They want to see men covered in sweat, lying in bed with some unknown, blank, silicone actresses — they want sculpted bodies, they don't give a shit about performance.
** 2020 March 18, Aldona Bialowas Pobutsky, Pablo Escobar and Colombian Narcoculture, University Press of Florida, →ISBN, page 58:Nowadays it is a cliché to associate silicone women with narco aesthetics, overdrawn Pamela Anderson clones popularized by telenovelas.

### See also

* silicon

### Anagrams

* isocline

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

silicone m or f (plural silicones)
* silicone

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.liˈko.ne/
* Rhymes: -one
* Hyphenation: si‧li‧có‧ne

### Noun

silicone m (plural siliconi)
* (chemistry) silicone

#### Related terms

* siliconare
* siliconato
* siliconico

### Anagrams

* isocline, scioline

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /si.liˈko.ni/
* (Brazil) IPA: /si.liˈko.ni/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /si.liˈko.ne/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.liˈkɔ.nɨ/, /sɨ.liˈkɔ.nɨ/
* Hyphenation: si‧li‧co‧ne

### Noun

silicone m (plural silicones)
* (chemistry) silicone (any of a class of inert compounds of silicon)

#### Related terms

* silício