tinfoil

See also: tin-foil and tin foil

English

Etymology

From tin +‎ foil.

Noun

tinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)

1. A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
2. (informal) Aluminium foil.

Alternative forms

• tin foil
• tin-foil

Derived terms

• tinfoil hat

Related terms

• tin can

Translations

tinfoil

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 錫紙 / 锡纸 (sek³ zi²)

  Mandarin: 錫箔 / 锡箔 (zh) (xībó)

• Czech: staniol m
• Danish: stanniol n or c, sølvpapir n
• Faroese: silvurpappír n, súllpappír n
• Finnish: lehtitina, stannioli (fi), tinafolio
• French: papier d’étain (fr) m, papier d’aluminium (fr) m
• German: Alufolie (de) f
• Greek: αλουμινόχαρτο (el) n (alouminócharto)
• Icelandic: álpappír (is) m
• Japanese: 錫箔 (ja) (すずはく, suzuhaku)
• Korean: 석박(錫箔) (seokbak)
• Polish: cynfolia (pl) f, staniol (pl) m
• Russian: станиоль (ru) m (staniolʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgragall m
• Spanish: papel de estaño m, papel aluminio (es) m, papel de plata m
• Swedish: stanniol (sv) c pl
• Tagalog: palara
• Yiddish: זילבערפּאַפּיר n (zilberpapir)

Verb

tinfoil (third-person singular simple present tinfoils, present participle tinfoiling, simple past and past participle tinfoiled)

1. (transitive) To cover in tinfoil.