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caoutchouc

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/
  • /ˈkaʊt͡ʃuk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Latex; natural rubber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: india rubber

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: latex

Narrower terms: foam rubber, crepe rubber, cold rubber, hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite, Para rubber

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French caoutchouc, from Spanish caucho, from Quechua kawchu. Doublet of caucho.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kauçuk — natural rubber
  • Arabic: مَطَّاط (maṭṭāṭ) — natural rubber
  • Arabic: كَاوْتْشُوك (kāwtšūk) — natural rubber
  • Armenian: կաուչուկ (kaučʻuk) — natural rubber
  • Azerbaijani: kauçuk — natural rubber
  • Belarusian: каўчу́к (kawčúk) — natural rubber
  • Bulgarian: ка́учук (káučuk) — natural rubber
  • Catalan: cautxú — natural rubber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹膠 /树胶 (shùjiāo) — natural rubber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生橡膠 /生橡胶 (shēngxiàngjiāo) — natural rubber
  • Czech: kaučuk — natural rubber
  • Esperanto: kaŭĉuko — natural rubber
  • Estonian: kautšuk — natural rubber
  • Finnish: kautsu — natural rubber
  • French: caoutchouc — natural rubber
  • Georgian: კაუჩუკი (ḳaučuḳi) — natural rubber
  • German: Kautschuk — natural rubber
  • Hungarian: kaucsuk — natural rubber
  • Ido: kauchuko — natural rubber
  • Italian: caucciù — natural rubber
  • Japanese: 生ゴム (nama-gomu) — natural rubber
  • Kazakh: каучук (kauçuk) — natural rubber
  • Kazakh: көксағыз (köksağyz) — natural rubber
  • Khmer: កៅស៊ូ (kawsuu) — natural rubber
  • Korean: 천연 고무 (cheonyeon gomu) — natural rubber
  • Northern Kurdish: kaûçik — natural rubber
  • Kyrgyz: каучук (kaucuk) — natural rubber
  • Iranian Persian: کائوچو (kâ'uču) — natural rubber
  • Polish: kauczuk — natural rubber
  • Portuguese: borracha — natural rubber
  • Portuguese: cautchu — natural rubber
  • Romanian: cauciuc — natural rubber
  • Russian: каучу́к (kaučúk) — natural rubber
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̀учук — natural rubber
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàučuk — natural rubber
  • Slovak: kaučuk — natural rubber
  • Slovene: kavčuk — natural rubber
  • Spanish: caucho — natural rubber
  • Tagalog: kawtso — natural rubber
  • Tajik: каучук (kaučuk) — natural rubber
  • Turkish: kauçuk — natural rubber
  • Turkmen: kauçuk — natural rubber
  • Ukrainian: каучу́к (kaučúk) — natural rubber
  • Uyghur: كاۋچۇك (kawchuk) — natural rubber
  • Uzbek: kauchuk — natural rubber
  • Vietnamese: cao su — natural rubber