"cellophane" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛləfeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellophane.wav Forms: cellophanes [plural]
enPR: sělʹəfān Etymology: Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose + diaphane. Etymology templates: {{Genericized trademark|en}} Genericized trademark, {{blend|en|cellulose|diaphane}} Blend of cellulose + diaphane Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cellophane (countable and uncountable, plural cellophanes)
  1. Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: cellophane noodle, cellotaph, sellotape, Sellotape Related terms: -phane (english: and its derivatives) Translations (the transparent plastic film): سِيلُوفَان (silufān) [masculine] (Arabic), cel·lofana [feminine] (Catalan), 玻璃紙 /玻璃纸 (bōlizhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), celofán [masculine] (Czech), cellofan [neuter] (Danish), sellofaani (Finnish), cellophane [feminine] (French), ცელოფანი (celopani) (Georgian), Cellophan [neuter] (German), Zellglas [neuter] (German), σελοφάν (selofán) [neuter] (Greek), celofán (Hungarian), selofan (Indonesian), cellofan [masculine] (Italian), セロファン (serofan) (Japanese), セロハン (serohan) (Japanese), 셀로판 (sellopan) (Korean), selofan (Malay), takai kōataata (Maori), celofan [masculine] (Polish), celofane [masculine] (Portuguese), celofan [neuter] (Romanian), целлофа́н (cellofán) [masculine] (Russian), целофан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), celofan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cèlufan [masculine] (Sicilian), celofán [masculine] (Spanish), celo [masculine] (Spanish), cellofan [neuter] (Swedish), กระดาษแก้ว (grà-dàat-gɛ̂ɛo) (Thai), เซลโลเฟน (Thai), selofan (Turkish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛləfeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellophane.wav Forms: cellophanes [present, singular, third-person], cellophaning [participle, present], cellophaned [participle, past], cellophaned [past]
enPR: sělʹəfān Etymology: Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose + diaphane. Etymology templates: {{Genericized trademark|en}} Genericized trademark, {{blend|en|cellulose|diaphane}} Blend of cellulose + diaphane Head templates: {{en-verb}} cellophane (third-person singular simple present cellophanes, present participle cellophaning, simple past and past participle cellophaned)
  1. (transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cellophane-en-verb-dhkOn4zE

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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōlizhǐ",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "玻璃紙 /玻璃纸"
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "cellofan"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "sellofaani"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "celopani",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "ცელოფანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Cellophan"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zellglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "selofán",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "celofán"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "selofan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cellofan"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "セロファン"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "セロハン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sellopan",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "셀로판"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
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      "word": "selofan"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "takai kōataata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "celofan"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "celofane"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "celofan"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cellofán",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "scn",
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celofán"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "cellofan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dàat-gɛ̂ɛo",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "กระดาษแก้ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "เซลโลเฟน"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the transparent plastic film",
      "word": "selofan"
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}

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    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "To wrap or package in cellophane."
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        "(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane."
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