tinfoil

tinfoil

See also: tin-foil and tin foil

English

Etymology

tin +‎ foil

Noun

tinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)

1. A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
2. (informal) aluminium foil

Alternative forms

• tin foil

Derived terms

• tin-foil hat

Related terms

• tin can

Translations

tinfoil

Chinese: Cantonese: 錫紙, 锡纸 (sek3 zi2) Mandarin: 錫箔／锡箔 (zh) (xībó) Czech: staniol m Danish: stanniol n or c, sølvpapir n Faroese: silvurpappír n, súllpappír n Finnish: lehtitina, stannioli, tinafolio French: papier d'étain m German: Alufolie (de) f Greek: αλουμινόχαρτο (el) n (alouminócharto) Icelandic: álpappír (is) m Japanese: 錫箔 (ja) (すずはく, suzuhaku) Korean: 석박(錫箔) (seokbak) Polish: cynfolia (pl) f, staniol m Russian: станиоль (ru) m (staniolʹ) Scottish Gaelic: sgragall m Spanish: papel de estaño m Swedish: stanniol (sv) c pl Tagalog: palara Yiddish: זילבערפּאַפּיר‎ n (zilberpapir)

Verb

tinfoil (third-person singular simple present tinfoils, present participle tinfoiling, simple past and past participle tinfoiled)

1. (transitive) To cover in tinfoil.