"nylon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪlɒn/ [UK], /ˈnaɪlɑn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nylon.wav Forms: nylons [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪlɒn Etymology: Arbitrary letters + -on (by analogy with cotton); the widespread claim that the word derives from abbreviations of New York and London is a myth. Another claim is that an earlier name proposed for the material, intended for use in stockings, was "no-run", which was altered to avoid falsely representing that stockings made from the material would not run at all. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||on}} + -on Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)
  1. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nylon-en-noun-WrM~~pSj
  2. (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable Translations (sheer stocking): nylonky [feminine] (Czech), nylonové punčochy [feminine] (Czech), nailonsokkur [masculine] (Faroese), nailonit [plural] (Finnish), nailonsukka (Finnish), Nylon [masculine] (German), Nylonstrumpf [masculine] (German), nælonsokkur [masculine] (Icelandic), calza di nylon [feminine] (Italian), calza di nailon [feminine] (Italian), filanca [feminine] (Italian), на̀јло̄нка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nàjlōnka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-nylon-en-noun-Q-sF4JNS Disambiguation of 'sheer stocking': 11 74 15
  3. (perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics, Footwear
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Derived forms: Bri-Nylon, nylonase, nylon-string guitar Translations (substance): najllon [masculine] (Albanian), najlon [masculine] (Albanian), نَايْلُون (nāylūn) [masculine] (Arabic), նայլոն (naylon) (Armenian), nilón [masculine] (Asturian), nailon [masculine] (Asturian), neylon (Azerbaijani), нейло́н (njejlón) [masculine] (Belarusian), নাইলন (nailon) (Bengali), на́йлон (nájlon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), နိုင်လွန် (nuinglwan) (Burmese), niló [masculine] (Catalan), نایلۆن (naylon) (Central Kurdish), nailon (Central Melanau), 尼龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 尼龙 (nílóng) (Chinese Mandarin), nylon [masculine] (Czech), nylon [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), nylon [neuter] (Dutch), nilono (Esperanto), nailon (Estonian), nailon [neuter] (Faroese), nailon (Finnish), nylon [masculine] (French), ნეილონი (neiloni) (Georgian), Nylon [neuter] (German), νάιλον (náilon) [neuter] (Greek), nailan (Hausa), ניילון \ נַיְלוֹן (náylon) [masculine] (Hebrew), नायलॉन (nāylŏn) (Hindi), nejlon (Hungarian), nælon [neuter] (Icelandic), nilon (Indonesian), níolón [masculine] (Irish), nylon [masculine] (Italian), nailon [masculine] (Italian), ナイロン (nairon) (Japanese), нейлон (neilon) (Kazakh), នីឡុង (niilong) (Khmer), 나일론 (naillon) (Korean), нейлон (neylon) (Kyrgyz), ນີລົງ (nī long) (Lao), neilons [masculine] (Latvian), nailonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), најлон (najlon) [masculine] (Macedonian), nilon (Malay), ngaiaku (Maori), нейлон (nejlon) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠨᠢᠯᠣᠨ (nilon) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), naylon (Northern Kurdish), nylon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), نيلون (naylun) [masculine] (Pashto), نایلون (nâylon) (Persian), nylon [masculine] (Polish), nylon [masculine] (Portuguese), náilon [masculine] (Portuguese), nailon [neuter] (Romanian), нейло́н (nejlón) [masculine] (Russian), на̀јло̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nàjlōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nylon [masculine] (Slovak), najlon [masculine] (Slovene), nylon [masculine] (Spanish), nilón [masculine] (Spanish), nailon [masculine] (Spanish), nylon [neuter] (Swedish), naylon (Tagalog), нейлон (neylon) (Tajik), ไนล่อน (nai-lɔ̂n) (Thai), ནེ་ལོན (ne lon) (Tibetan), naylon (Turkish), neýlon (Turkmen), нейло́н (nejlón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), نائِلَون (nāilaun) (Urdu), نىلون (nilon) (Uyghur), neylon (Uzbek), ni lông (Vietnamese), ni-lông (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'substance': 43 17 40

Inflected forms

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      "word": "nylon"
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "naylon"
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "roman": "neylon",
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      "word": "нейлон"
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ไนล่อน"
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "roman": "ne lon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ནེ་ལོན"
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      "word": "naylon"
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      "sense": "substance",
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      "roman": "nejlón",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "нейло́н"
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nāilaun",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "نائِلَون"
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    {
      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "nilon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "نىلون"
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      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "neylon"
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      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ni lông"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 17 40",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ni-lông"
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          "text": "1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nHe put on make-up, nylons, panties, a dress."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Matthew Weiner, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, in Mad Men, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Don Draper (Jon Hamm):",
          "text": "What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts.",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "نَايْلُون"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "nilón"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "code": "az",
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      "roman": "njejlón",
      "sense": "substance",
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      "word": "нейло́н"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "nailon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "নাইলন"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "на́йлон"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "nuinglwan",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "နိုင်လွန်"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "niló"
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      "code": "mel",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nailon"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "尼龍"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nílóng",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "尼龙"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nylon"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "substance",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "nylon"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "substance",
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      "word": "nylon"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nilono"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nailon"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nailon"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nailon"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nylon"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "neiloni",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ნეილონი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "náilon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "νάιλον"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "náylon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāylŏn",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "नायलॉन"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nejlon"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nælon"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nilon"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "níolón"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nailon"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "nairon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ナイロン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "neilon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "нейлон"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "niilong",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "នីឡុង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naillon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "나일론"
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "naylon",
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
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      "code": "ky",
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nī long",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ນີລົງ"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "neilons"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nailonas"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "najlon",
      "sense": "substance",
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      "word": "најлон"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "nilon"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ngaiaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nejlon",
      "sense": "substance",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "roman": "nilon",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "substance",
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      "word": "nylon"
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    {
      "code": "ps",
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      "roman": "naylun",
      "sense": "substance",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "nâylon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "نایلون"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nylon"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nylon"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "náilon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nailon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nejlón",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нейло́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на̀јло̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nàjlōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "najlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nilón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nailon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "naylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "neylon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "нейлон"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nai-lɔ̂n",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ไนล่อน"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ne lon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ནེ་ལོན"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "naylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "neýlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nejlón",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нейло́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nāilaun",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "نائِلَون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "nilon",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "نىلون"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "neylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ni lông"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ni-lông"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nylonky"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nylonové punčochy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nailonsokkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nailonit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "word": "nailonsukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nylonstrumpf"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nælonsokkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calza di nylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calza di nailon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на̀јло̄нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sheer stocking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nàjlōnka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nylon"
  ],
  "word": "nylon"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: perjoratively, by comparison to silk",
  "path": [
    "nylon"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nylon",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: perjoratively, by comparison to silk",
  "path": [
    "nylon"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nylon",
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}

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