Nylon

//ˈnaɪlɑn//

Synonyms for "nylon" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (62)

Related words (104)

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10 relation types

More general

8 entries

Related terms

2 entries

at location

5 entries

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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receives action

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related to

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used for

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Showing 16 of 18 words.

Translations

91 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • najllon noun (substance)
  • najlon noun (substance)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَايْلُون noun (substance)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նայլոն noun (substance)

Asturian

2 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)
  • nilón noun (substance)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • neylon noun (substance)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • нейло́н noun (substance)

Bengali

1 entries
  • নাইলন noun (substance)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • на́йлон noun (substance)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နိုင်လွန် noun (substance)

Catalan

1 entries
  • niló noun (substance)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نایلۆن noun (substance)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 尼龍 /尼龙 noun (substance)

Czech

3 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)
  • nylonky noun (sheer stocking)
  • nylonové punčochy noun (sheer stocking)

Danish

1 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)

Dutch

1 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nilono noun (substance)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)

Faroese

2 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)
  • nailonsokkur noun (sheer stocking)

Finnish

3 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)
  • nailonit noun (sheer stocking)
  • nailonsukka noun (sheer stocking)

French

1 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნეილონი noun (substance)

German

3 entries
  • Nylon noun (substance)
  • Nylon noun (sheer stocking)
  • Nylonstrumpf noun (sheer stocking)

Greek

1 entries
  • νάιλον noun (substance)

Hausa

1 entries
  • nailan noun (substance)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ניילון \ נַיְלוֹן noun (substance)

Hindi

1 entries
  • नायलॉन noun (substance)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nejlon noun (substance)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • nælon noun (substance)
  • nælonsokkur noun (sheer stocking)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • nilon noun (substance)

Irish

1 entries
  • níolón noun (substance)

Italian

4 entries
  • calza di nailon noun (sheer stocking)
  • calza di nylon noun (sheer stocking)
  • filanca noun (sheer stocking)
  • nailon noun (substance)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ナイロン noun (substance)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • нейлон noun (substance)

Khmer

1 entries
  • នីឡុង noun (substance)

Korean

1 entries
  • 나일론 noun (substance)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • нейлон noun (substance)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນີລົງ noun (substance)

Latvian

1 entries
  • neilons noun (substance)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nailonas noun (substance)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • најлон noun (substance)

Malay

1 entries
  • nilon noun (substance)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • нейлон noun (substance)
  • ᠨᠢᠯᠣᠨ noun (substance)

Māori

1 entries
  • ngaiaku noun (substance)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • naylon noun (substance)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)

Pashto

1 entries
  • نيلون noun (substance)

Persian

1 entries
  • نایلون noun (substance)

Polish

2 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)
  • nylon noun (sheer stocking)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)
  • náilon noun (substance)

Romanian

1 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)

Russian

1 entries
  • нейло́н noun (substance)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nàjlōn noun (substance)
  • nàjlōnka noun (sheer stocking)
  • на̀јло̄н noun (substance)
  • на̀јло̄нка noun (sheer stocking)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)

Slovene

1 entries
  • najlon noun (substance)

Spanish

3 entries
  • nailon noun (substance)
  • nilón noun (substance)
  • nylon noun (substance)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nylon noun (substance)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • naylon noun (substance)

Tajik

1 entries
  • нейлон noun (substance)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไนล่อน noun (substance)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ནེ་ལོན noun (substance)

Turkish

1 entries
  • naylon noun (substance)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • neýlon noun (substance)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • нейло́н noun (substance)

Urdu

1 entries
  • نائِلَون noun (substance)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • نىلون noun (substance)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • neylon noun (substance)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ni lông noun (substance)
  • ni-lông noun (substance)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Nylon stockings often run.

Source: tatoeba (36533)

These nylon socks wash well.

Source: tatoeba (60756)

Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.

Source: tatoeba (266559)

In heavy rain a light nylon tent is drier with a fly.

Source: tatoeba (2082716)

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