igelit
Czech
editEtymology
editFrom Igelit, a type of soft polyvinyl chloride manufactured in the late 1930s by IG Farben, Germany.
Noun
editigelit m inan
Usage notes
edit- The term is now used in everyday, non-technical Czech for any sheet plastic, thus usually referring to polythene or polypropylene rather than polyvinyl chloride.