nylon

Arbitrary letters +‎ -on (by analogy with cotton); the widespread claim that the word derives from abbreviations of New York and London is a myth. Another claim is that an earlier name proposed for the material, intended for use in stockings, was "no-run", which was altered to avoid falsely representing that stockings made from the material would not run at all.[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪlɒn/
• (US) nīʹlän, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪlɑn/
• Rhymes: -aɪlɒn
• Hyphenation: ny‧lon

nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)

1. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
2. (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

   I tore a hole in my nylons while walking home through the woods.

• Bri-Nylon
• nylonase
• nylon-string guitar

• → Spanish: nailon
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: nailo
• → Tibetan: ནེ་ལོན (ne lon)

• nonyl

nylon m

1. nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)

nylon

1. nylon

• nailon

• IPA^(key): /ni.lɔ̃/

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nylon m (plural nylons)

1. nylon (material)

• náilon

Borrowed from English nylon.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.lõ/

nylon m (uncountable)

1. nylon (a synthetic polymer)

nylon m (uncountable)

1. nylon