polyethylene

See also: Polyethylene and polyéthylène

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ ethylene.

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Noun

polyethylene (countable and uncountable, plural polyethylenes)

1. (organic chemistry) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.

   Synonyms: PE (initialism), polyethene (IUPAC name), polythene (alias)

   Hypernym: polyolefin

   Coordinate terms: polypropylene, polypropene

   • 2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The most abundant chemical in the plastics is polyethylene, which is used for single-use packaging, plastic bags and containers such as bottles.

Derived terms

• chlorinated polyethylene (CPE)
• chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE)
• cross-linked polyethylene
• PE
• polyethylene glycol
• polyethylene terephthalate

 

Related terms

• polymethylene

 

Translations

polyethylene

• Albanian: polietileni ?
• Arabic: بولي إثيلين m
• Bulgarian: полиетилен (bg) m (polietilen)
• Catalan: polietilè m, politè m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚乙烯 (zh) (jùyǐxī)

• Czech: polyetylen m, polyetylén m, polyethylen m
• Danish: polyætylen c or n
• Dutch: polyetheen (nl) n
• Finnish: polyeteeni (fi)
• French: polyéthylène (fr) m, polyéthène (fr) m, polyméthylène m
• Galician: polietileno m
• German: Polyäthylen (de) n; Polyethylen (de) n; (but in everyday use only) Plastik (de) n
• Greek: πολυαιθυλένιο (el) n (polyaithylénio)
• Hebrew: פוליאתילן m
• Hungarian: polietilén (hu)
• Italian: polietilene (it) m
• Japanese: ポリエチレン (ja) (poriechiren)
• Latvian: polietilēns m
• Lithuanian: polietilenas ?
• Malay: polietilena
• Maori: poritene
• Norwegian: polyeten n, polyetylen n
• Polish: polietylen (pl) m
• Portuguese: polietileno (pt) m
• Romanian: polietilenă (ro) f
• Russian: полиэтиле́н (ru) m (polietilén)
• Slovak: polyetylén m
• Spanish: polietileno (es) m
• Swedish: polyeten (sv) n, polyetylen n
• Turkish: polietilen (tr)
• Ukrainian: поліетилен m (polietylen)
• Vietnamese: polyetylen (vi)