"polyester" meaning in English

See polyester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polyester.wav
Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) Etymology: From poly- + ester. Etymology templates: {{af|en|poly-|ester}} poly- + ester Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polyester (not comparable)
  1. Of, or consisting of polyesters. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or consisting of polyester): polyester (Dutch), polyesteri (Finnish), polyesterinen (Finnish), πολυεστερικός (polyesterikós) (Greek), poliestrowy (Polish), polyester (Swedish)
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Noun

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Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) Etymology: From poly- + ester. Etymology templates: {{af|en|poly-|ester}} poly- + ester Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polyester (countable and uncountable, plural polyesters)
  1. Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-polyester-en-noun-QEUNLnBh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly-, Organic chemistry Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of Organic chemistry: 0 48 52
  2. A material or fabric made from polyester polymer Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-polyester-en-noun-NhLmUwLS Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly-, Organic chemistry Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of Organic chemistry: 0 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (polymer): polièster [masculine] (Catalan), 聚酯 (jùzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), polyester [masculine] (Czech), polyester [neuter] (Dutch), polüester (Estonian), polyesteri (Finnish), polyester [masculine] (French), Polyester [masculine] (German), πολυεστέρας (polyestéras) [masculine] (Greek), poliészter (Hungarian), pólýester (Icelandic), poliestere [masculine] (Italian), ポリエステル (poriesuteru) (Japanese), 폴리에스테르 (pollieseutereu) (Korean), pareaku (Maori), poliester [masculine] (Polish), poliéster [masculine] (Portuguese), poliester [masculine] (Romanian), полиэ́стер (poliéstɛr) [masculine] (Russian), poliéster [masculine] (Spanish), polyester (Swedish), เส้นใยสังเคราะห์ (săan bpràgòp políèttêr) (Thai), poliester (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "polymer",
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      "word": "πολυεστέρας"
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