Phrase guide

polyethylene terephthalate

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PET, PET-E, PETE, PET-P, PETP

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polyester

History

Etymology

From polyethylene + terephthalate.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: politereftalat d'etilè — type of polyester
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聚對苯二甲酸乙二酯 /聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯 (jùduìběn èrjiǎsuān yǐ'èrzhǐ) — type of polyester
  • Dutch: polyethyleentereftalaat — type of polyester
  • Finnish: polyetyleenitereftalaatti — type of polyester
  • French: polytéréphtalate d'éthylène — type of polyester
  • French: PET — type of polyester
  • French: polyéthylène téréphtalate — type of polyester
  • German: Polyethylenterephthalat — type of polyester
  • Greek: τερεφθαλικό πολυαιθυλένιο (terefthalikó polyaithylénio) — type of polyester
  • Hebrew: פוליאתילן טרפתאלט (polietilén tereftalát) — type of polyester
  • Italian: polietilene tereftalato — type of polyester
  • Japanese: ポリエチレンテレフタラート (poriechiren terefutarāto) — type of polyester
  • Japanese: PET — type of polyester
  • Korean: 폴리에틸렌 테레프탈레이트 (pollietillen terepeutalleiteu) — type of polyester
  • Polish: politereftalan etylenu — type of polyester
  • Russian: полиэтиле́нтерефтала́т (polietiléntereftalát) — type of polyester
  • Russian: ПЭТФ (PETF) — type of polyester
  • Russian: ПЭТ — type of polyester
  • Spanish: tereftalato de polietileno — type of polyester
  • Spanish: politereftalato de etileno — type of polyester
  • Turkish: polietilen tereftalat — type of polyester