different between nylon vs caprolactam

English

Etymology

Arbitrary letters +? -on (by analogy with cotton); the widespread claim that the word derives from abbreviations of New York and London 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?na?l?n/
• (US) n??län, IPA^(key): /?na?l?n/
• Rhymes: -a?l?n
• Hyphenation: ny?lon

Noun

nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)

1. Originally, the DuPont 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. (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

Derived terms

• Bri-Nylon
• nylonase
• nylon-string guitar

Translations

Descendants

• ? Polish: nylon
• ? Spanish: nailon
  • ? Southeastern Tepehuan: nailo
• ? Tibetan: ?????? (ne lon)

References

Anagrams

• nonyl

Czech

Noun

nylon m

1. nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English nylon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?i?.l?n/, /?n?i?.l?n/
• Hyphenation: ny?lon

Noun

nylon n (uncountable)

1. Nylon.

Derived terms

• nylonkous
• nylonkweefsel

Noun

nylon m (plural nylons)

1. A nylon stocking.

   Synonym: nylonkous

Finnish

Noun

nylon

1. nylon

Declension

Synonyms

• nailon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.l??/

Noun

nylon m (plural nylons)

1. nylon (material)

Polish

Etymology

From English nylon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?.l?n/

Noun

nylon m inan

1. nylon (substance)

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) nylony
• (adjective) nylonowy

Further reading

• nylon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nylon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• náilon

Etymology

Borrowed from English nylon.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?naj.lõ/

Noun

nylon m (uncountable)

1. nylon (a synthetic polymer)

Spanish

Noun

nylon m (uncountable)

1. nylon

English

Noun

caprolactam (plural caprolactams)

1. (organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.

Translations