Bakelite

See also: bakelite, bakélite, and Bakélite

English

An item composed of bakelite

Alternative forms

bakelite

Etymology

Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland. See -ite.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt/

Noun

Bakelite (uncountable)

A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).

Synonyms

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

Translations

heat-resisting chemically inert resin

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膠木 (zh), 胶木 (zh) (jiāomù), 電木 (zh), 电木 (zh) (diànmù)
Czech: bakelit (cs) m
Dutch: bakeliet (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: bakeliitti (fi)
French: Bakélite f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Bakelit (de) n

Greek: βακελίτης (el) m (vakelítis)
Hungarian: bakelit (hu)
Italian: bachelite (it) f
Polish: bakelit (pl) m
Portuguese: baquelite f, bakelite f, baquelita f
Russian: бакели́т (ru) m (bakelít)
Spanish: baquelita f
Swedish: bakelit (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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