Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to create a nonstick coating on cooking utensils.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Englishtetrafluoroethylene
- Englishpolytetrafluoroethylene
From poly- + tetrafluoroethylene.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan politetrafluoroetilè
- politetrafluoroetilèsynthetic resin
Chinese 聚四氟乙烯
- 聚四氟乙烯 (jùsìfúyǐxī)synthetic resin
Finnish polytetrafluorieteeni
- polytetrafluorieteenisynthetic resin
German Teflon
- Teflonsynthetic resin
Greek πολυτετραφθοροαιθυλενίο
- πολυτετραφθοροαιθυλενίο (polytetrafthoroaithylenío)synthetic resin
Japanese ポリテトラフルオロエチレン
- ポリテトラフルオロエチレンsynthetic resin
Cite this entry
polytetrafluoroethylene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polytetrafluoroethylene
“polytetrafluoroethylene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polytetrafluoroethylene. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polytetrafluoroethylene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polytetrafluoroethylene.
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