Velcro

Velcro

English

Etymology

Blend of French velours (“velvet”) +‎ French crochet (“hook”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/
• Hyphenation: Vel‧cro

Proper noun

Velcro

1. A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

Derived terms

• Velcro dog

Translations

fastener

Afrikaans: kleefstrook Arabic: فِيلْكْرُو‎ m (fīlkrū) Bulgarian: Велкро n (Velkro) Chinese: Cantonese: 魔術貼, 魔术贴 (mo1 seot6 tip3) Mandarin: 魔術貼／魔术贴 (zh) (móshù tiē) Czech: suchý zip m Dutch: velcro (nl), klittenband (nl) Esperanto: lapo, lapfermilo Finnish: tarranauha (fi) French: velcro (fr) m German: (two strips collectively, the mechanism) Klettverschluss (de) m; (each of the two strips) Klettband n Hebrew: צַמְדָּן‎ (tsamdán) Hindi: वेल्क्रो (velkro) Hungarian: tépőzár (hu) Icelandic: franskur rennilás Interlingua: velcro Italian: velcro (it) Japanese: ベルク (beruku), 面ファスナー (men-fasunā), ベルクロ (berukuro) Korean: 벨크로 (belkeuro) Maori: papanga piripiri Norwegian: borrelås m Polish: rzep (pl) Portuguese: velcro m Romanian: arici (ro) m, scai (ro) m Russian: липу́чка (ru) f (lipúčka), липу́чки (ru) f pl (lipúčki) (usually plural), застёжка-липу́чка f (zastjóžka-lipúčka) Serbo-Croatian: чичак трака, čičak traka Spanish: velcro (es) Swedish: kardborreband n

Verb

Velcro (third-person singular simple present Velcros, present participle Velcroing, simple past and past participle Velcroed)

1. To fasten with Velcro.
   • 1988, Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here‎, Dutton, →ISBN, page 8:

     He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.

   • 2000, George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 58:

     He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.

   • 2008, Sean Murphy, The Time of New Weather‎, →ISBN, page 8:

     Toasters and microwaves were Velcroed to kitchen counters. Televisions and VCRs were Velcroed to their stands.

   • 2008, Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 28:

     Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.

Translations

to fasten with velcro

Finnish: kiinnittää tarranauhalla French: velcroter (fr)

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