cellophane
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: sělʹəfān, IPA(key): /ˈsɛləfeɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
cellophane (countable and uncountable, plural cellophanes)
- Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
- Coordinate terms: celluloid, cellulose acetate
- 1967, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, The Beatles (music):
- Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head
Derived terms
Related terms
- -phane (and its derivatives)
Translations
the transparent plastic film
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Verb
cellophane (third-person singular simple present cellophanes, present participle cellophaning, simple past and past participle cellophaned)
- (transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
Etymology
Genericized trademark.
Pronunciation
Noun
cellophane m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “cellophane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Noun
cellophane m
- cellophane
- Synonym: cellofan
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