nylon

nylon

See also: NYLON

English

Etymology

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪlɒn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) nīʹlän, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪlɑn/
• Rhymes: -aɪlɒn
• Hyphenation: ny‧lon

Noun

nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)

1. 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.
2. (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.

3. (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

• Bri-Nylon
• nylonase
• nylon-string guitar

Descendants

• → Persian: نایلون‎ (nâylon)
• → Polish: nylon
• → Spanish: nailon
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: nailo
• → Tibetan: ནེ་ལོན (ne lon)
• → Turkish: naylon

Translations

substance

Albanian: najllon m, najlon (sq) m Arabic: نَايْلُون‎ m (nāylūn) Armenian: նայլոն (hy) (naylon) Asturian: nilón m, nailon m Azerbaijani: neylon Belarusian: нейло́н m (njejlón) Bengali: নাইলন (nailônô) Bulgarian: на́йлон m (nájlon) Burmese: နိုင်လွန် (my) (nuinglwan) Catalan: niló m Central Melanau: nailon Chinese: Mandarin: 尼龍／尼龙 (zh) (nílóng) Czech: nylon m Danish: nylon c or n Dutch: nylon (nl) n Esperanto: nilono Estonian: nailon Faroese: nailon n Finnish: nailon (fi) French: nylon (fr) m Georgian: ნეილონი (neiloni) German: Nylon (de) n Greek: νάιλον (el) n (náilon) Hausa: nailan (ha) Hebrew: ניילון \\ נַיְלוֹן‎ (he) m (náylon) Hindi: नायलॉन (nāylŏn) Hungarian: nejlon (hu) Icelandic: nælon n Indonesian: nilon (id) Irish: níolón m Italian: nylon (it) m, nailon (it) m Japanese: ナイロン (nairon) Kazakh: нейлон (neilon) Khmer: នីឡុង (km) (niilong) Korean: 나일론 (ko) (naillon) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: نایلۆن‎ (naylon) Northern Kurdish: naylon (ku) Kyrgyz: нейлон (neylon) Lao: ນີລົງ (lo) (nī long) Latvian: neilons m Lithuanian: nailonas m Macedonian: најлон m (najlon) Malay: nilon Maori: ngaiaku Mongolian: Cyrillic: нейлон (nejlon) Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠯᠣᠨ (nilon) Norwegian: Bokmål: nylon n Pashto: نيلون‎ (ps) m (naylun) Persian: نایلون‎ (fa) (nâylon) Polish: nylon (pl) m Portuguese: nylon (pt) m, náilon (pt) m Romanian: nailon (ro) n Russian: нейло́н (ru) m (nejlón) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: на̀јло̄н m Roman: nàjlōn (sh) m Slovak: nylon m Slovene: najlon m Spanish: nylon (es) m, nilón m, nailon (es) m Swedish: nylon n Tagalog: naylon Tajik: нейлон (neylon) Thai: ไนล่อน (nai-lɔ̂n) Tibetan: ནེ་ལོན (ne lon) Turkish: naylon (tr) Turkmen: neýlon Ukrainian: нейло́н m (nejlón) Urdu: نائِلَون‎ (nāilaun) Uyghur: نىلون‎ (nilon) Uzbek: neylon (uz) Vietnamese: ni lông (vi), ni-lông (vi)

sheer stocking

Czech: nylonky f, nylonové punčochy f Faroese: nailonsokkur m Finnish: nailonit (fi) pl, nailonsukka German: Nylon (de) m, Nylonstrumpf (de) m Icelandic: nælonsokkur m Italian: calza di nylon f, calza di nailon f, filanca f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: на̀јло̄нка f Roman: nàjlōnka (sh) f

References

1. John Algeo, The Origins and Development of the English Language (2009), p. 224.

Anagrams

• nonyl

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Czech

Noun

nylon m

1. nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)

Declension

Declension of nylon

	singular
nominative	nylon
genitive	nylonu
dative	nylonu
accusative	nylon
vocative	nylone
locative	nylonu
instrumental	nylonem

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English nylon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛi̯.lɔn/, /ˈnɑi̯.lɔn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ny‧lon

Noun

nylon n (uncountable)

1. Nylon.

Derived terms

• nylonkous
• nylonkweefsel

Noun

nylon m (plural nylons)

1. A nylon stocking.

   Synonym: nylonkous

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnylon/, [ˈnylo̞n]
• Rhymes: -ylon
• Syllabification^(key): ny‧lon

Noun

nylon

1. Alternative form of nailon (“nylon”).

Declension

Inflection of nylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	nylonein
abessive		nylonitta	nyloneitta
comitative		—	nyloneineen

Possessive forms of nylon (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	nylonini	nylonimme
2nd person	nylonisi	nyloninne
3rd person	nyloninsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.lɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

nylon m (plural nylons)

1. nylon (material)

Derived terms

• ennylonné

Further reading

• “nylon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nylon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɨ.lɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨlɔn
• Syllabification: ny‧lon

Noun

nylon m inan

1. nylon (substance)

Declension

Declension of nylon

	singular
nominative	nylon
genitive	nylonu
dative	nylonowi
accusative	nylon
instrumental	nylonem
locative	nylonie
vocative	nylonie

Derived terms

adjective

• nylonowy

 

noun

• nylony

 

Further reading

• nylon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nylon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• náilon

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English nylon.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.lõ/ [ˈnaɪ̯.lõ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.lɔn/

Noun

nylon m (uncountable)

1. nylon (a synthetic polymer)

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Spanish

Noun

nylon m (uncountable)

1. nylon