cellophane

Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose +‎ diaphane.

• enPR: sě'ləfān, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛləfeɪn/
• Rhymes: -ān

cellophane (countable and uncountable, plural cellophanes)

1. Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
   • 1967, The Beatles (music), “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”:

     Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head

cellophane (third-person singular simple present cellophanes, present participle cellophaning, simple past and past participle cellophaned)

1. (transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.

Genericized trademark.

cellophane m (uncountable)

1. cellophane

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.lɔ.fan/

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• “cellophane” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

cellophane m

1. cellophane

• cellofan