nylon
See also: NYLON
English edit
Etymology edit
Arbitrary letters + -on (by analogy with cotton); the widespread claim that the word derives from abbreviations of New York and London is a myth. Another claim is that an earlier name proposed for the material, intended for use in stockings, was "no-run", which was altered to avoid falsely representing that stockings made from the material would not run at all.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪlɒn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) nīʹlän, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪlɑn/
- Rhymes: -aɪlɒn
- Hyphenation: ny‧lon
Noun edit
nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)
- 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.
- (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
- 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.
- 2007, Matthew Weiner, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, in Mad Men, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Don Draper (Jon Hamm):
- 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.
- (perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Persian: نایلون (nâylon)
- → Polish: nylon
- → Spanish: nailon
- → Southeastern Tepehuan: nailo
- → Tibetan: ནེ་ལོན (ne lon)
- → Turkish: naylon
- → Chinese: 尼龍/尼龙 (nÍlóng)
Translations edit
substance
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sheer stocking
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References edit
- ^ John Algeo, The Origins and Development of the English Language (2009), p. 224.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
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Noun edit
nylon m inan
- nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)
Declension edit
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nylon n (uncountable)
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nylon m (plural nylons)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
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nylon
- Alternative form of nailon (“nylon”).
Declension edit
Inflection of nylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nylon | nylonit | ||
genitive | nylonin | nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten | ||
partitive | nylonia | nyloneita nyloneja | ||
illative | nyloniin | nyloneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nylon | nylonit | ||
accusative | nom. | nylon | nylonit | |
gen. | nylonin | |||
genitive | nylonin | nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten | ||
partitive | nylonia | nyloneita nyloneja | ||
inessive | nylonissa | nyloneissa | ||
elative | nylonista | nyloneista | ||
illative | nyloniin | nyloneihin | ||
adessive | nylonilla | nyloneilla | ||
ablative | nylonilta | nyloneilta | ||
allative | nylonille | nyloneille | ||
essive | nylonina | nyloneina | ||
translative | nyloniksi | nyloneiksi | ||
abessive | nylonitta | nyloneitta | ||
instructive | — | nylonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “nylon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nylon m (plural nylons)
- nylon (material)
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Further reading edit
- “nylon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
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nylon m inan
- nylon (substance)
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Declension of nylon
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adjective
noun
Further reading edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English nylon.
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nylon m (uncountable)
- nylon (a synthetic polymer)
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nylon m (uncountable)
Swedish edit
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nylon n
- nylon (synthetic fiber)
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Declension of nylon | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | nylon | nylonet | — | — |
Genitive | nylons | nylonets | — | — |