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Polyethylene

Polyethylene

See also: polyethylene and polyéthylène

German

Noun

Polyethylene n

plural of Polyethylen

polyethylene

polyethylene

See also: Polyethylene and polyéthylène

English

Noun

polyethylene ‎(countable and uncountable, plural polyethylenes)

(organic chemistry) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.

Synonyms

polyethene (IUPAC name)
polythene (UK)

Translations

polyethylene

Albanian: polietileni ?
Arabic: بولي إثيلين m
Bulgarian: полиетилен m ‎(polietilen)
Catalan: polietilè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚乙烯 (zh) ‎(jùyǐxī)
Czech: polyetylen m, polyetylén m, polyethylen m
Danish: polyætylen c, n
Dutch: polyetheen (nl) n
Finnish: polyeteeni (fi)
French: polyéthylène (fr) m, polyéthène m, polyméthylène m
German: Polyethylen (de) n, Polyäthylen (de)
Hebrew: פוליאתילן m
Italian: polietilene (it) m

Japanese: ポリエチレン (ja) ‎(poriechiren)
Latvian: polietilēns m
Lithuanian: polietilenas ?
Malay: polietilena
Norwegian: polyeten n, polyetylen n
Polish: polietylen m
Portuguese: polietileno (pt) m
Romanian: polietilenă (ro) f
Russian: полиэтиле́н (ru) m ‎(polietilén)
Slovak: polyetylén m
Spanish: polietileno (es) m
Swedish: polyeten (sv) n, polyetylen n
Turkish: polietilen (tr)
Ukrainian: поліетилен m ‎(polietylen)
Vietnamese: polyetylen (vi)

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