"viscose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪskəʊs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viscose.wav Forms: viscoses [plural]
enPR: vĭsʹkōs Etymology: From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|viscōsus}} Latin viscōsus, {{surf|en|visco-|-ose#Etymology_2|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, visco- + -ose, {{doublet|en|viscous}} Doublet of viscous Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} viscose (countable and uncountable, plural viscoses)
  1. A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: cellulose xanthate#Noun Translations (liquid): viscosa [feminine] (Catalan), viskóza [feminine] (Czech), viscose [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), viskoosi (Finnish), viscosa [feminine] (Italian), wiskoza [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-viscose-en-noun-KFiX0F2z Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with visco-, English terms suffixed with -ose, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Fabrics, Polymer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with visco-: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ose: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 70 18 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 13 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 47 53 Disambiguation of Polymer: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'liquid': 100 0
  2. A fabric made from this material. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fabric): вискоза (viskoza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), viskóza [feminine] (Czech), viscose [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), viskoos (Estonian), viskoosikuitu (Finnish), viskoosi (Finnish), vioscós [masculine] (Irish), viscosa [feminine] (Italian), viscose [feminine] (Portuguese), viscosa [feminine] (Spanish), viskos [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-viscose-en-noun-GGknZLDH Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with manual fragments, Fabrics, Polymer Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 47 53 Disambiguation of Polymer: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'fabric': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: visco-, viscoid, viscoidal, viscosity, viscous, collodion

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viscosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viskos"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "viscose"
  ],
  "word": "viscose"
}

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