tinfoil

T1I1N1F4O1I1L1

noun

A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.

Similar
tin foil
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Meanings

nountinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)

plural tinfoils

  1. countableuncountableA thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
  2. countableinformaluncountableAluminium foil.
verbtinfoil (third-person singular simple present tinfoils, present participle tinfoiling, simple past and past participle tinfoiled)

present singular third person tinfoils · participle present tinfoiling · participle past tinfoiled · past tinfoiled

  1. transitiveTo cover in tinfoil.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfoil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead

Similar
tin foil
Broader
foil
Also see
aluminium foil

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tin + foil.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 錫紙 /锡纸
  • 錫紙 /锡纸 (sek³ zi²)tinfoil
Chinese Mandarin 錫箔 /锡箔
  • 錫箔 /锡箔 (xībó)tinfoil
Czech staniol
  • stanioltinfoil
Danish stanniol, sølvpapir
  • stannioltinfoil
  • sølvpapirtinfoil
Finnish lehtitina, stannioli
  • lehtitinatinfoil
  • stanniolitinfoil
  • tinafoliotinfoil
French papier d'étain, papier d’aluminium
  • papier d'étaintinfoil
  • papier d’aluminiumtinfoil
German Alufolie
  • Alufolietinfoil
Greek αλουμινόχαρτο
  • αλουμινόχαρτο (alouminócharto)tinfoil
Icelandic álpappír
  • álpappírtinfoil
Japanese 錫箔
  • 錫箔 (suzuhaku)tinfoil
Korean 석박
  • 석박 (seokbak)tinfoil
Polish cynfolia, staniol
  • cynfoliatinfoil
  • stanioltinfoil
Portuguese papel-alumínio
  • papel-alumíniotinfoil
Russian станиоль
  • станиоль (staniolʹ)tinfoil
Scottish Gaelic sgragall
  • sgragalltinfoil
Spanish papel de estaño, papel aluminio
  • papel de estañotinfoil
  • papel aluminiotinfoil
  • papel de platatinfoil
  • papel estañotinfoil
  • papel metálico m albaltinfoil
  • papel albaltinfoil
Swedish stanniol
  • stannioltinfoil
Tagalog palara
  • palaratinfoil
Vietnamese giấy bạc
  • giấy bạctinfoil
Yiddish זילבערפּאַפּיר
  • זילבערפּאַפּיר (zilberpapir)tinfoil
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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