clingfilm

C3L1I1N1G2F4I1L1M3
/ˈklɪŋfɪlm/

noun

Light, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.

Similar
glad wrapSaran Wrapcling film
Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounclingfilm (countable and uncountable, plural clingfilms)

plural clingfilms · alternative cling film

  1. IrelandUKcountableuncountableLight, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.

    Synonyms: glad wrap, Saran Wrap

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLight, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.

Similar
glad wrapSaran Wrap

More synonyms by meaning

nouna thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food

Similar
cling filmSaran Wrap
Broader
plastic wrap
Also see
cling filmglad wrapsaran wrap

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cling + film.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan paper estirable
  • paper estirableplastic film
Chinese Cantonese 保鮮紙 /保鲜纸
  • 保鮮紙 /保鲜纸 (bou² sin¹ zi²)plastic film
Chinese Mandarin 保鮮膜 /保鲜膜
  • 保鮮膜 /保鲜膜 (bǎoxiānmó)plastic film
Dutch vershoudfolie, huishoudfolie
  • vershoudfolieplastic film
  • huishoudfolieplastic film
Finnish tuorekelmu, muovikelmu
  • tuorekelmuplastic film
  • muovikelmuplastic film
  • elmukelmuplastic film
French film étirable
  • film étirableplastic film
German Frischhaltefolie, Küchenfolie
  • Frischhaltefolieplastic film
  • Küchenfolieplastic film
  • Adhäsionsfolieplastic film
  • Plastikfolieplastic film
Hungarian folpack
  • folpackplastic film
Irish scannán cumhdaithe
  • scannán cumhdaitheplastic film
Italian pellicola trasparente, pellicola a contatto
  • pellicola trasparenteplastic film
  • pellicola a contattoplastic film
Norwegian Bokmål plastfolie
  • plastfolieplastic film
Russian пищевая плёнка
  • пищевая плёнка (piščevaja)plastic film
Spanish film estirable, película adherente
  • film estirableplastic film
  • película adherenteplastic film
Swedish plastfolie
  • plastfolieplastic film
Welsh glynlen
  • glynlenplastic film
Cite this entry
APA

clingfilm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clingfilm

MLA

“clingfilm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clingfilm. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clingfilm,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clingfilm.

Source: clingfilm on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.