electrical tape

noun

A poorly conductive plastic tape used to insulate electrical wires.

Meanings

nounelectrical tape (countable and uncountable, plural electrical tapes)

plural electrical tapes

  1. countableuncountableA poorly conductive plastic tape used to insulate electrical wires.

    Synonyms: electric tape, insulating tape

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA poorly conductive plastic tape used to insulate electrical wires.

Translations

Bulgarian изоли́рбанд
  • изоли́рбанд (izolírband)plastic tape
Chinese Mandarin 絕緣膠帶 /绝缘胶带
  • 絕緣膠帶 /绝缘胶带 (juéyuán jiāodài)plastic tape
Finnish sähköteippi, eristysnauha
  • sähköteippiplastic tape
  • eristysnauhaplastic tape
French chatterton, ruban isolant
  • chattertonplastic tape
  • ruban isolantplastic tape
German Isolierband
  • Isolierbandplastic tape
Greek μονωτική ταινία
  • μονωτική ταινία (monotikí tainía)plastic tape
Hungarian szigetelőszalag, szigszalag
  • szigetelőszalagplastic tape
  • szigszalagplastic tape
Icelandic einangrunarband
  • einangrunarbandplastic tape
Italian nastro isolante
  • nastro isolanteplastic tape
Japanese 絶縁テープ
  • 絶縁テープ (zetsuen tēpu)plastic tape
Korean 절연 테이프, 전기 테이프
  • 절연 테이프 (jeoryeon teipeu)plastic tape
  • 전기 테이프 (jeon'gi teipeu)plastic tape
Persian لنت, چسب برق
  • لنت (lent)plastic tape
  • چسب برق (časb-e barq)plastic tape
Polish taśma izolacyjna
  • taśma izolacyjnaplastic tape
Portuguese fita isolante
  • fita isolanteplastic tape
Romanian bandă izolantă, izolirband
  • bandă izolantăplastic tape
  • izolirbandplastic tape
Spanish cinta aislante, cinta aisladora
  • cinta aislanteplastic tape
  • cinta aisladoraplastic tape
  • cinta de aislarplastic tape
  • cinta eléctricaplastic tape
Cite this entry
APA

electrical tape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrical%20tape

MLA

“electrical tape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrical%20tape. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrical tape,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrical%20tape.

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