nylon
English
editEtymology
editArbitrary 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
editnylon (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
editDescendants
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
editsubstance
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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
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnylon m inan
- nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)
Declension
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnylon n (uncountable)
Derived terms
editNoun
editnylon m (plural nylons)
Finnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnylon
- Alternative form of nailon (“nylon”).
Declension
editInflection 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnylon m (plural nylons)
- nylon (material)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “nylon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnylon m inan
- nylon (substance)
Declension
editDeclension of nylon
Derived terms
editadjective
noun
Further reading
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English nylon.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editnylon m (uncountable)
- nylon (a synthetic polymer)
Spanish
editNoun
editnylon m (uncountable)
Swedish
editNoun
editnylon n
- nylon (synthetic fiber)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | nylon | nylons |
definite | nylonet | nylonets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
References
editCategories:
- English terms suffixed with -on
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪlɒn
- Rhymes:English/aɪlɒn/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Fabrics
- en:Footwear
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ylon
- Rhymes:Finnish/ylon/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɘlɔn
- Rhymes:Polish/ɘlɔn/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Fabrics
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Fibers
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns