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Plexiglass

noun · 3 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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  • CMU ARPABET: P L EH1 K S IH0 G L AE2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Misspelling of Plexiglas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Plexiglas

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polymethyl methacrylate

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plexiglas, a trademark.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 有機玻璃 /有机玻璃 (yǒujī bōli) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Czech: plexisklo — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Esperanto: akrilata vitro — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Finnish: pleksilasi — polymethyl methacrylate
  • French: plexiglas — polymethyl methacrylate
  • German: Acrylglas — polymethyl methacrylate
  • German: Plexiglas — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Hebrew: פלקסיגלס (pléksiglas) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Hebrew: זכוכית אקרילית (zkhukhít akrílit) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Japanese: プレキシガラス (purekishigarasu) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Navajo: tsésǫʼ naatʼoodí — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Polish: pleksiglas — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Portuguese: acrílico — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Russian: плексигла́с (pleksiglás) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Russian: оргстекло́ (orgstekló) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Russian: органи́ческое стекло́ (organíčeskoje stekló) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Spanish: plexiglás — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Ukrainian: органі́чне скло (orhaníčne sklo) — polymethyl methacrylate
  • Ukrainian: оргскло́ (orhskló) — polymethyl methacrylate