igelit

Czech

Etymology

From Igelit, a type of soft polyvinyl chloride manufactured in the late 1930s by IG Farben, Germany.

Noun

igelit m inan

1. a sheet of plastic

Usage notes

• The term is now used in everyday, non-technical Czech for any sheet plastic, thus usually referring to polythene or polypropylene rather than polyvinyl chloride.

Declension

Declension of igelit (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	igelit	igelity
genitive	igelitu	igelitů
dative	igelitu	igelitům
accusative	igelit	igelity
vocative	igelite	igelity
locative	igelitu	igelitech
instrumental	igelitem	igelity

Derived terms

• igelitka