polyester

polyester

See also: pólýester and Polyester

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ ester

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

polyester (countable and uncountable, plural polyesters)

1. Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds
2. A material or fabric made from polyester polymer

Translations

polymer

Catalan: polièster m Chinese: Mandarin: 聚酯 (zh) (jùzhǐ) Czech: polyester (cs) m Finnish: polyesteri (fi) French: polyester (fr) m German: Polyester (de) m Greek: πολυεστέρας (el) m (polyestéras) Hungarian: poliészter (hu) Icelandic: pólýester Italian: poliestere (it) m Japanese: ポリエステル (ja) (poriesuteru) Korean: 폴리에스테르 (pollieseutereu) Maori: pareaku Polish: poliester (pl) m Portuguese: poliéster (pt) m Russian: полиэ́стер (ru) m (poliéstɛr) Spanish: poliéster (es) m Swedish: polyester (sv) Thai: เส้นใยสังเคราะห์ (săan bpràgòp políèttêr) Turkish: poliester

Adjective

polyester (not comparable)

1. Of, or consisting of polyesters

Translations

of or consisting of polyester

Finnish: polyesteri (fi), polyesterinen Polish: poliestrowy (pl) Swedish: polyester (sv)

Anagrams

• polytrees, proselyte

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɛstɛr]

Noun

polyester m

1. (organic chemistry) polyester

Further reading

• polyester in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• polyester in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Noun

polyester m (plural polyesters)

1. polyester

Further reading

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