self-adhesive

adjective

adhesive

OriginEnglish adhesive ← French adhésif ← Medieval Latin adhaesivu →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-adhesive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableadhesive

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latinadhaereō
  14. Medieval Latinadhaesivu
  15. Frenchadhésif
  16. Englishadhesive
  17. Englishself-adhesive

From self- + adhesive.

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Translations

Bulgarian самозалепващ се
  • самозалепващ се (samozalepvašt se)adhesive
Danish selvklæbende
  • selvklæbendeadhesive
Finnish itseliimautuva
  • itseliimautuvaadhesive
French autocollant
  • autocollantadhesive
German selbstklebend
  • selbstklebendadhesive
Greek αυτοκόλλητος
  • αυτοκόλλητος (aftokóllitos)adhesive
Hungarian öntapadós, öntapadó
  • öntapadósadhesive
  • öntapadóadhesive
Norwegian Bokmål selvklebende, selvheftende
  • selvklebendeadhesive
  • selvheftendeadhesive
Swedish självhäftande
  • självhäftandeadhesive
Cite this entry
APA

self-adhesive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-adhesive

MLA

“self-adhesive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-adhesive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-adhesive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-adhesive.

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