Phrase guide

electrical tape

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A poorly conductive plastic tape used to insulate electrical wires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: electric tape, insulating tape

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изоли́рбанд (izolírband) — plastic tape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絕緣膠帶 /绝缘胶带 (juéyuán jiāodài) — plastic tape
  • Min Nan Chinese: 電火布 /电火布 (tiān-hóe-pò͘) — plastic tape
  • Finnish: sähköteippi — plastic tape
  • Finnish: eristysnauha — plastic tape
  • French: ruban isolant — plastic tape
  • German: Isolierband — plastic tape
  • German: изоле́нта — plastic tape
  • Greek: μονωτική ταινία (monotikí tainía) — plastic tape
  • Hungarian: szigetelőszalag — plastic tape
  • Hungarian: szigszalag — plastic tape
  • Icelandic: einangrunarband — plastic tape
  • Italian: nastro isolante — plastic tape
  • Japanese: 絶縁テープ (zetsuen tēpu) — plastic tape
  • Korean: 절연 테이프 (jeoryeon teipeu) — plastic tape
  • Korean: 전기 테이프 (jeon'gi teipeu) — plastic tape
  • Persian: لنت (lent) — plastic tape
  • Persian: چسب برق (časb-e barq) — plastic tape
  • Polish: taśma izolacyjna — plastic tape
  • Portuguese: fita isolante — plastic tape
  • Romanian: bandă izolantă — plastic tape
  • Romanian: izolirband — plastic tape
  • Spanish: cinta aislante — plastic tape
  • Spanish: cinta aisladora — plastic tape
  • Spanish: cinta de aislar — plastic tape
  • Spanish: cinta eléctrica — plastic tape