Meanings
nounaluminium foil (usually uncountable, plural aluminium foils)
plural aluminium foils · alternative aluminum foil
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.
More synonyms by meaning
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Translations
Chinese Cantonese 鋁箔 /铝箔, 錫紙 /锡纸
- 鋁箔 /铝箔 (leoi⁵ bok⁶)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 錫紙 /锡纸 (sek⁶ zi²)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Chinese Mandarin 鋁箔 /铝箔, 錫紙 /锡纸
- 鋁箔 /铝箔 (lǚbó)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 錫紙 /锡纸 (xīzhǐ, xízhǐ)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Czech alobal
- alobalvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Danish alufolie, sølvpapir
- alufolievery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- sølvpapirvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Finnish alumiinifolio, talousfolio
- alumiinifoliovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- talousfoliovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
French papier d'aluminium, papier d’alu
- papier d'aluminiumvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- papier d’aluvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
German Aluminiumfolie, Alufolie
- Aluminiumfolievery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- Alufolievery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Greek αλουμινόχαρτο
- αλουμινόχαρτο (alouminócharto)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Hebrew רְדִיד אָלוּמִינְיוּם, נייר אלומיניום
- רְדִיד אָלוּמִינְיוּם (r'díd-alumínyum)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- נייר אלומיניום (n'yár-alumínyum)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- נייר כסף (n'yár-késef)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Hungarian alufólia
- alufóliavery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Irish scragall alúmanaim
- scragall alúmanaimvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Japanese アルミ箔, アルミホイル
- アルミ箔 (arumihaku)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- アルミホイル (arumihoiru)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- ホイル (hoiru)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 銀紙 (gingami)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Korean 알루미늄박, 알루미늄 포일
- 알루미늄박 (alluminyumbak)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 알루미늄 포일 (alluminyum poil)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 포일 (poil)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 은박지 (eunbakji)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 은종이 (eunjong'i)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- 은지 (eunji)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Norwegian aluminiumsfolie, sølvpapir
- aluminiumsfolievery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- sølvpapirvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Polish folia aluminiowa, alufolia
- folia aluminiowavery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- alufoliavery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Portuguese papel-alumínio, papel laminado
- papel-alumíniovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- papel laminadovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Russian алюми́ниевая фольга́, фольга́
- алюми́ниевая фольга́ (aljumínijevaja folʹgá)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- фольга́ (folʹgá)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- альфо́ль (alʹfólʹ)very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Spanish papel aluminio, papel plata
- papel aluminiovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- papel platavery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- papel metálicovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- papel albalvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- albalvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Swedish aluminiumfolie
- aluminiumfolievery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Turkish alüminyum folyo
- alüminyum folyovery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Vietnamese giấy bạc
- giấy bạcvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
Welsh papur arian, ffoil alwminiwm
- papur arianvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
- ffoil alwminiwmvery thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium
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aluminium foil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aluminium%20foil
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Chicago
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