polyester

See also: pólýester and Polyester

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English ester

English polyester

From poly- + ester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑliˌɛstə(r)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

polyester (countable and uncountable, plural polyesters)

1. Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds
2. A material or fabric made from polyester polymer

Derived terms

• biopolyester
• copolyester
• homopolyester
• nonpolyester
• polycotton
• polyesterase
• polyestered
• polyesterification
• polyester Protestant
• polyesterurethane
• polyfill

Translations

polymer

• Catalan: polièster m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚酯 (zh) (jùzhǐ)

• Czech: polyester (cs) m
• Dutch: polyester (nl) n
• Estonian: polüester
• Finnish: polyesteri (fi)
• French: polyester (fr) m
• German: Polyester (de) m
• Greek: πολυεστέρας (el) m (polyestéras)
• Hungarian: poliészter (hu)
• Icelandic: pólýester (is)
• Italian: poliestere (it) m
• Japanese: ポリエステル (ja) (poriesuteru)
• Korean: 폴리에스테르 (pollieseutereu)
• Māori: pareaku
• Polish: poliester (pl) m
• Portuguese: poliéster (pt) m
• Romanian: poliester (ro) m
• Russian: полиэ́стер (ru) m (poliéstɛr)
• Spanish: poliéster (es) m
• Swedish: polyester (sv)
• Thai: เส้นใยสังเคราะห์ (săan bpràgòp políèttêr)
• Turkish: poliester

Adjective

polyester (not comparable)

1. Of, or consisting of polyesters.
2. (derogatory) Low quality or inauthentic; produced with minimal effort.
   • 1988 April 15, Laura Flaherty, “The Woman in Pink”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Her short stout body was packed into pale pink polyester pants and a matching buttonfront vest.

Translations

of or consisting of polyester

• Dutch: polyester (nl)
• Finnish: polyesteri (fi), polyesterinen
• Greek: πολυεστερικός (el) (polyesterikós)
• Polish: poliestrowy (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: polièster (sh) m
• Swedish: polyester (sv)

Anagrams

• polytrees, proselyte

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪjɛstɛr]

Noun

polyester m inan

1. (organic chemistry) polyester

Declension

Declension of polyester (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	polyester	polyestery
genitive	polyesteru	polyesterů
dative	polyesteru	polyesterům
accusative	polyester	polyestery
vocative	polyestere	polyestery
locative	polyesteru	polyesterech
instrumental	polyesterem	polyestery

Further reading

• “polyester”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “polyester”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Hérault)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

polyester m (plural polyesters)

1. polyester

Further reading

• “polyester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012