polyethylene terephthalate

polyethylene terephthalate

English

Etymology

polyethylene +‎ terephthalate

Pronunciation

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Noun

polyethylene terephthalate

1. A polyester used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).

Translations

type of polyester

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 聚對苯二甲酸乙二酯, 聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯 (jùduìběn èrjiǎsuān yǐèrzhǐ) Dutch: polyethyleentereftalaat n Finnish: polyetyleenitereftalaatti French: polytéréphtalate d'éthylène (fr) m, PET (fr) m

German: Polyethylenterephthalat (de) n Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Japanese: ポリエチレンテレフタラート (ja), PET (ja) Russian: полиэтиле́нтерефтала́т (ru) m (polietiléntereftalát), ПЭТФ m (PƐTF), ПЭТ (ru) m (PƐT) Thai: please add this translation if you can