סטיראָשוים

Yiddish

Etymology

סטיראָל (stirol) +‎ שוים (shoym). Calque of English styrofoam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪrɔˈʃɔɪ̯m/

Noun

סטיראָשוים • (stiroshoym) m

1. (organic chemistry) styrofoam

See also

• פּאָליסטירען (polistiren)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “styrofoam”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN