superglue

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ glue, a genericized trademark held by Super Glue Corporation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superglue (countable and uncountable, plural superglues)

1. A very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.
   • (figurative)
     1986 April 12, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 17:

     Our love is the superglue of our commitment, so we'll get by.

Translations

very strong glue

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 萬能膠 / 万能胶 (maan⁶ nang⁴ gaau¹), 超能膠 / 超能胶 (ciu¹ nang⁴ gaau¹), AA膠 / AA胶 (ei¹ ei¹ gaau¹)

  Mandarin: 三秒膠 / 三秒胶

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: superliima, pikaliima
• French: superglue f
• German: Sekundenkleber (de) m, Superkleber m
• Hungarian: pillanatragasztó (hu)
• Mongolian: супер цавуу (super cavuu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: superlim n

• Portuguese: supercola f
• Romanian: adeziv instant m, lipici instant n
• Russian: суперкле́й (ru) m (superkléj)
• Spanish: pegamento instantáneo m, pegamento súper rápido m, supercola f, triz m (trademark, Peru)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Japon yapıştırıcısı

Verb

superglue (third-person singular simple present superglues, present participle supergluing or superglueing, simple past and past participle superglued)

1. To affix with superglue.