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modeling clay

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A malleable substance used in building models and sculpting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: plastelinë — malleable substance
  • Arabic: بْلَاسْتِيسِين (blāstīsīn) — malleable substance
  • Armenian: պլաստիլին (plastilin) — malleable substance
  • Azerbaijani: plastilin — malleable substance
  • Belarusian: пластылі́н (plastylín) — malleable substance
  • Bulgarian: пластили́н (plastilín) — malleable substance
  • Catalan: plastilina — malleable substance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泥膠 /泥胶 (níjiāo) — malleable substance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橡皮泥 (xiàngpíní) — malleable substance
  • Crimean Tatar: plastilin — malleable substance
  • Czech: plastelína — malleable substance
  • Danish: modellervoks — malleable substance
  • Dutch: plasticine — malleable substance
  • Estonian: plastiliin — malleable substance
  • Finnish: muotoilusavi — malleable substance
  • Finnish: plastoliini — malleable substance
  • Finnish: muovailuvaha — malleable substance
  • French: pâte à modeler — malleable substance
  • Georgian: პლასტილინი (ṗlasṭilini) — malleable substance
  • German: Knete — malleable substance
  • German: Knetmasse — malleable substance
  • German: Plastilin — malleable substance
  • Greek: πλαστελίνη (plastelíni) — malleable substance
  • Hebrew: טִינִית (tinít) — malleable substance
  • Hebrew: פְּלַסְטֶלִינָה (plastelína) — malleable substance
  • Hungarian: gyurma — malleable substance
  • Indonesian: plastisin — malleable substance
  • Indonesian: lilin mainan — malleable substance
  • Irish: marla — malleable substance
  • Italian: plastilina — malleable substance
  • Japanese: プラスチシン (purasuchishin) — malleable substance
  • Kazakh: ермексаз (ermeksaz) — malleable substance
  • Korean: 플라스티신 (peullaseutisin) — malleable substance
  • Kyrgyz: пластилин (plastilin) — malleable substance
  • Latvian: plastilīns — malleable substance
  • Lithuanian: plastilinas — malleable substance
  • Macedonian: пластели́н (plastelín) — malleable substance
  • Mongolian: баримлын шавар (barimlyn šavar) — malleable substance
  • Polish: plastelina — malleable substance
  • Portuguese: plastilina — malleable substance
  • Romanian: plastilină — malleable substance
  • Russian: вая́льная гли́на (vajálʹnaja glína) — malleable substance
  • Russian: пластили́н (plastilín) — malleable substance
  • Serbo-Croatian: пластѐлӣн — malleable substance
  • Serbo-Croatian: plastèlīn — malleable substance
  • Slovak: plastelína — malleable substance
  • Slovene: plastelin — malleable substance
  • Spanish: plastilina — malleable substance
  • Swedish: modellera — malleable substance
  • Thai: ดินน้ํามัน (din-nám-man) — malleable substance
  • Turkish: oyun hamuru — malleable substance
  • Ukrainian: пластилі́н (plastylín) — malleable substance
  • Uzbek: plastilin — malleable substance