elastic band

English

Noun

elastic band (plural elastic bands)

1. A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items or body parts together.

Synonyms

• binder
• elastic
• gum band
• lacquer band (Australia)
• lacky band (UK, slang)
• rubber band

Translations

loop of rubber or similar material

• Afrikaans: rekkie
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 橡筋 (yue) (zoeng⁶ gan¹)

  Mandarin: 橡皮筋 (zh) (xiàngpíjīn), 皮筋 (zh) (píjīn)

• Czech: gumička (cs) f
• Danish: elastik (da) c, gummibånd n
• Dutch: elastiek (nl) m
• Finnish: kuminauha (fi), kumilenkki (fi) (rubber), joustonauha (other material)
• French: élastique (fr) m, bande élastique f
• German: Gummiring (de) m
• Hebrew: גּוּמִיָּה (he) f
• Hungarian: befőttes gumi
• Indonesian: karet gelang (id)
• Italian: elastico (it) m
• Japanese: 輪ゴム (ja) (wa gomu), ゴムバンド (gomu bando), ゴム輪 (gomu wa)
• Khmer: ខ្សែយឺត (khsae yɨɨt), កៅស៊ូកង (kawsuu kɑɑng)
• Korean: 고무 밴드 (gomu baendeu)
• Lao: ຕັງກະຕີ້ວ (tang ka tīu)
• Macedonian: ла́стик m (lástik), ла́стиче n (lástiče)
• Malay: gelang getah
• Maori: hererapa
• Norman: bande êlastique f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strikk (no) m, (rubber band) gummistrikk m

  Nynorsk: strikk m, (rubber band) gummistrikk m

• Polish: recepturka f, gumka (pl) f
• Portuguese: elástico (pt) m, liga (pt) f, borracha (pt) f, borrachinha
• Romanian: bandă elastică f
• Russian: рези́нка (ru) f (rezínka), канцеля́рская рези́нка f (kanceljárskaja rezínka)
• Spanish: cinta de goma f, goma (es) f, gomita (es) f, elástico (es) m, liga (es) f, gomilla f
• Swedish: gummiband (sv) n, gummisnodd (sv) c
• Thai: ยาง (th) (yaang)
• Tibetan: འགྱིག་གྱི་ཐག་པ ('gyig gyi thag pa), འགྱིག་ཐག ('gyig thag)
• Turkish: ambalaj lastiği, lastik (tr), paket lastiği
• Vietnamese: dây thun, dây chun, dây cao su
• Yiddish: גומקע f (gumke)

See also

• loom band