nitrocellulose

English

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ cellulose.

Noun

nitrocellulose (countable and uncountable, plural nitrocelluloses)

(organic chemistry) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.

Synonyms

Translations

the chemical nitrocellulose

Catalan: cotó pólvora
Finnish: selluloosanitraatti, nitroselluloosa (fi)
French: nitrocellulose (fr) f, fulmi-coton (fr)
German: Schießbaumwolle (de) f, Nitrozellulose, Zellulosenitrat, Pyroxylin n
Greek: νιτροκυτταρίνη f (nitrokyttaríni)
Hungarian: cellulóz-nitrát, nitro-cellulóz
Icelandic: sprengibómull
Italian: nitrocellulosa (it) f, fulmicoton
Manx: cadee gunney m
Polish: bawełna strzelnicza
Portuguese: algodão-pólvora
Romanian: nitroceluloză (ro) f, nitrat de celuloză m
Spanish: nitrocelulosa (es) f, fulmicotón (es), algodón pólvora, piroxilina
Swedish: cellulosanitrat (sv) n
Vietnamese: nitroxeluloza

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

nitrocellulose f (plural nitrocelluloses)

nitrocellulose

Further reading

“nitrocellulose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌni.tro.t͡ʃel.luˈlo.se/, /ˌni.tro.t͡ʃel.luˈlo.ze/
Rhymes: -ose, -oze
Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧cel‧lu‧ló‧se

Noun

nitrocellulose f pl

plural of nitrocellulosa

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