acrylic

English

Etymology

From acryl +‎ -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkɹɪl.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪk

Adjective

acrylic (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
2. Containing an acrylic resin.

Derived terms

• acrylate
• acrylic fiber, acrylic fibre
• chloroacrylic
• diacrylic
• hydracrylic acid
• methacrylic
• polyacrylic

 

Translations

derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile

• Catalan: acrílic (ca)
• Danish: akrylisk
• Dutch: acryl-
• Finnish: akryyli-, akryylinen
• Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑎᖑᐊᑦᓴᖅ (kicotingoatsaq)
• Irish: aicrileach
• Italian: acrilico (it)
• Maori: kiriaku
• Polish: akrylowy (pl)
• Portuguese: acrílico (pt)
• Romanian: acrilic (ro)
• Spanish: acrílico (es)
• Ukrainian: акри́ловий (akrýlovyj)

containing an acrylic resin

• Catalan: acrílic (ca)
• Dutch: acryl-
• Finnish: akryyli-, akryylinen
• Hebrew: אַקְרִילִי (he) m (aqríli)
• Irish: aicrileach
• Italian: acrilico (it)
• Maori: kiriaku, kiriaku
• Polish: akrylowy (pl)
• Ukrainian: акри́ловий (akrýlovyj)

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} akríl

Noun

a dab of acrylic paint

cast acrylic plastic

acrylic (plural acrylics)

1. (organic chemistry) An acrylic resin.
2. (painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.

   When it comes to painting, I prefer using acrylics as my medium.

3. A painting executed using such a paint.
4. A thick sheet of plastic.
5. A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.

Derived terms

• modacrylic

Translations

acrylic resin — see acrylic resin

paint containing an acrylic resin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: acryl (nl) n, acrylverf (nl) f
• Finnish: akryyliväri (fi)
• Polish: akryl (pl) m, farba akrylowa f
• Slovene: akril m

painting made with acrylic paint

• Dutch: acrylverftekening f
• Finnish: akryylimaalaus
• Slovene: akril m

thick sheet of plastic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞克力／亚克力 (zh) (yàkèlì), 壓克力／压克力 (yākèlì)

• Finnish: paksu muovilevy
• Polish: akryl (pl) m

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} acrilico (it) m