polypropylene

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noun

A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.

“Near-synonym: ♷”

Similar
PPpolypropene♷
OriginEnglish propylene ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús →
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Meanings

nounpolypropylene (countable and uncountable, plural polypropylenes)

plural polypropylenes

  1. countableuncountableA thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.

    Near-synonym: ♷

    Synonyms: PP, polypropene, ♷

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.

Similar
PPpolypropene♷

More synonyms by meaning

nouna polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material

Similar
polypropene
Broader
plastic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishpropylene
  6. Englishpolypropylene

From poly- + propylene.

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Translations

Catalan polipropilè
  • polipropilèresin
Chinese Mandarin 聚丙烯
  • 聚丙烯 (jùbǐngxī)resin
Czech polypropylen
  • polypropylenresin
Estonian polüpropeen
  • polüpropeenresin
Finnish polypropeeni
  • polypropeeniresin
French polypropylène
  • polypropylèneresin
German Polypropylen
  • Polypropylenresin
Greek πολυπροπυλένιο
  • πολυπροπυλένιο (polypropylénio)resin
Italian polipropilene
  • polipropileneresin
Japanese ポリプロピレン
  • ポリプロピレン (poripuropiren)resin
Korean 폴리프로필렌
  • 폴리프로필렌 (pollipeuropillen)resin
Polish polipropylen
  • polipropylenresin
Russian полипропиле́н
  • полипропиле́н (polipropilén)resin
Swedish polypropylen
  • polypropylenresin
Vietnamese polipropilen
  • polipropilenresin
Cite this entry
APA

polypropylene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polypropylene

MLA

“polypropylene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polypropylene. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polypropylene,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polypropylene.

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