nylon

Etymology
Arbitrary letters (by analogy with ); the widespread claim that the word derives from abbreviations of  and  is a myth. Another claim is that an earlier name proposed for the material, intended for use in stockings, was "no-run", which was altered to avoid falsely representing that stockings made from the material would not run at all.

Pronunciation

 * nīʹlän,
 * nīʹlän,
 * nīʹlän,

Noun

 * 1) Originally, the  company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
 * 2)  A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
 * 3) * 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * He put on make-up, nylons, panties, a dress.
 * 1)  A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.
 * 1)  A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.
 * 1)  A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.

Translations

 * Albanian: najllon,
 * Arabic: نَايْلُون
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: nilón, nailon
 * Azerbaijani: neylon
 * Belarusian: нейло́н
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: на́йлон
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: niló
 * Central Melanau: nailon
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nylon
 * Danish: nylon
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nilono
 * Estonian: nailon
 * Faroese: nailon
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ნეილონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hausa:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: नायलॉन
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: nælon
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: níolón
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ナイロン
 * Kazakh: нейлон
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نایلۆن
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: нейлон
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: neilons
 * Lithuanian: nailonas
 * Macedonian: најлон
 * Malay: nilon
 * Maori: ngaiaku
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: нейлон
 * Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠯᠣᠨ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: nylon
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̀јло̄н
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: nylon
 * Slovene: najlon
 * Spanish:, nilón,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: naylon
 * Tajik: нейлон
 * Thai: ไนล่อน
 * Tibetan: ནེ་ལོན
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: neýlon
 * Ukrainian: нейло́н
 * Urdu: نائِلَون
 * Uyghur: نىلون
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Czech: nylonky, nylonové punčochy
 * Faroese: nailonsokkur
 * Finnish:, nailonsukka
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic: nælonsokkur
 * Italian: calza di nylon, calza di nailon, filanca
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̀јло̄нка
 * Roman:

Noun

 * 1)  copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) Nylon.

Noun

 * 1) A nylon stocking.

Noun

 * 1)  (material)

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a synthetic polymer

Noun

 * 1)  (synthetic fiber)