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clingfilm

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈklɪŋfɪlm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Light, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cling film, Saran Wrap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plastic wrap

History

Etymology

From cling + film.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: paper estirable — plastic film
  • Chinese Cantonese: 保鮮紙 /保鲜纸 (bou2 sin1 zi2) — plastic film
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保鮮膜 /保鲜膜 (bǎoxiānmó) — plastic film
  • Dutch: vershoudfolie — plastic film
  • Dutch: huishoudfolie — plastic film
  • Finnish: tuorekelmu — plastic film
  • Finnish: muovikelmu — plastic film
  • Finnish: elmukelmu — plastic film
  • French: film étirable — plastic film
  • Galician: filme — plastic film
  • German: Frischhaltefolie — plastic film
  • German: Küchenfolie — plastic film
  • German: Adhäsionsfolie — plastic film
  • German: Plastikfolie — plastic film
  • Hungarian: folpack — plastic film
  • Irish: scannán cumhdaithe — plastic film
  • Italian: pellicola trasparente — plastic film
  • Italian: pellicola a contatto — plastic film
  • Kazakh: тағамдық қабықша (tağamdyq qabyqşa) — plastic film
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plastfolie — plastic film
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: plastfolie — plastic film
  • Russian: пищевая плёнка (piščevaja) — plastic film
  • Spanish: film estirable — plastic film
  • Spanish: película adherente — plastic film
  • Swedish: plastfolie — plastic film
  • Welsh: glynlen — plastic film