nylon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Coined by the company DuPont in 1938. According to the company, the name was formed from the random generic syllable nyl- + the common fiber suffix -on (as in rayon and Dacron), said to be ultimately from cotton.
Inflected forms:
form: nylons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
examples: I tore a hole in my nylons while walking home through the woods.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
He put on make-up, nylons, panties, a dress.
What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts.
gloss: A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: Bri-Nylon
nylonase
nylon-eating bacterium
nyloned
nylonless
nylon-string guitar
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: najllon
lang: Albanian
word: najlon
lang: Arabic
word: نَايْلُون
roman: nāylūn
lang: Armenian
word: նայլոն
roman: naylon
lang: Asturian
word: nilón
lang: Asturian
word: nailon
lang: Azerbaijani
word: neylon
lang: Belarusian
word: нейло́н
roman: njejlón
lang: Bengali
word: নাইলন
roman: nailon
lang: Bulgarian
word: на́йлон
roman: nájlon
lang: Burmese
word: နိုင်လွန်
roman: nuinglwan
lang: Catalan
word: niló
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尼龍 /尼龙
roman: nílóng
lang: Czech
word: nylon
lang: Danish
word: nylon
lang: Dutch
word: nylon
lang: Esperanto
word: nilono
lang: Estonian
word: nailon
lang: Faroese
word: nailon
lang: Finnish
word: nailon
lang: French
word: nylon
lang: Georgian
word: ნეილონი
roman: neiloni
lang: German
word: Nylon
lang: Greek
word: νάιλον
roman: náilon
lang: Hausa
word: nailan
lang: Hebrew
word: ניילון \ נַיְלוֹן
roman: náylon
lang: Hindi
word: नायलॉन
roman: nāylŏn
lang: Hungarian
word: nejlon
lang: Icelandic
word: nælon
lang: Indonesian
word: nilon
lang: Irish
word: níolón
lang: Italian
word: nylon
lang: Italian
word: nailon
lang: Japanese
word: ナイロン
roman: nairon
lang: Kazakh
word: нейлон
roman: neilon
lang: Khmer
word: នីឡុង
roman: niilong
lang: Korean
word: 나일론
roman: naillon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: نایلۆن
roman: naylon
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: naylon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: нейлон
roman: neylon
lang: Lao
word: ນີລົງ
roman: nī long
lang: Latvian
word: neilons
lang: Lithuanian
word: nailonas
lang: Macedonian
word: најлон
roman: najlon
lang: Malay
word: nilon
lang: Māori
word: ngaiaku
lang: Central Melanau
word: nailon
lang: Mongolian
word: нейлон
roman: nejlon
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠨᠢᠯᠣᠨ
roman: nilon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nylon
lang: Pashto
word: نيلون
roman: naylun
lang: Persian
word: نایلون
roman: nâylon
lang: Polish
word: nylon
lang: Portuguese
word: nylon
lang: Portuguese
word: náilon
lang: Romanian
word: nailon
lang: Russian
word: нейло́н
roman: nejlón
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на̀јло̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nàjlōn
lang: Slovak
word: nylon
lang: Slovene
word: najlon
lang: Spanish
word: nylon
lang: Spanish
word: nilón
lang: Spanish
word: nailon
lang: Swedish
word: nylon
lang: Tagalog
word: naylon
lang: Tajik
word: нейлон
roman: neylon
lang: Thai
word: ไนล่อน
roman: nai-lɔ̂n
lang: Tibetan
word: ནེ་ལོན
roman: ne lon
lang: Turkish
word: naylon
lang: Turkmen
word: neýlon
lang: Ukrainian
word: нейло́н
roman: nejlón
lang: Urdu
word: نائِلَون
roman: nāilaun
lang: Uyghur
word: نىلون
roman: nilon
lang: Uzbek
word: neylon
lang: Vietnamese
word: ni lông
lang: Vietnamese
word: ni-lông