cellophane

Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose +‎ diaphane.

• enPR: sělʹəfān, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛləfeɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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cellophane (countable and uncountable, plural cellophanes)

1. Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

   Coordinate terms: celluloid, cellulose acetate

   • 1967, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, The Beatles (music):

     Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head

• cellophane noodle
• Sellotape

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.

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.lɔ.fan/, /se.lɔ.fan/

• Audio

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cellophane m (uncountable)

1. cellophane

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

cellophane m

1. cellophane

   Synonym: cellofan