polyurethane

See also: polyuréthane

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English urethane

English polyurethane

From poly- + urethane.

Noun

polyurethane (plural polyurethanes)

(organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.
- 1977 December 31, “One Person Dies in Castro Baths Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 3:
  Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.

Synonyms

PUR (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Translations

any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links

Catalan: poliuretà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚氨酯 (zh) (jù'ānzhǐ)
Czech: polyuretan m
Dutch: polyurethaan (nl) n
Finnish: polyuretaani (fi)
French: polyuréthane (fr) m
German: Polyurethan n
Greek: πολυουρεθάνη (el) f (polyouretháni)
Hungarian: poliuretán (hu), (foam) purhab
Icelandic: pólýúretan n
Italian: poliuretano (it) m
Japanese: ポリウレタン (ja) (poriuretan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: polyuretan n

Nynorsk: polyuretan n
Portuguese: poliuretano (pt) m
Romanian: poliuretan (ro) m
Russian: полиурета́н (ru) m (poliuretán)
Spanish: poliuretano m
Turkish: poliüretan (tr)
Ukrainian: поліурета́н m (poliuretán)

Verb

polyurethane (third-person singular simple present polyurethanes, present participle polyurethaning, simple past and past participle polyurethaned)

(transitive) To coat (a floor etc.) with polyurethane.