adj
Meaning 1
adhesive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-adhesive
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Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive English self-adhesive From self- + adhesive.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: самозалепващ се (samozalepvašt se) — adhesive
- Danish: selvklæbende — adhesive
- Finnish: itseliimautuva — adhesive
- French: autocollant — adhesive
- German: selbstklebend — adhesive
- Greek: αυτοκόλλητος (aftokóllitos) — adhesive
- Hungarian: öntapadós — adhesive
- Hungarian: öntapadó — adhesive
- Norwegian Bokmål: selvklebende — adhesive
- Norwegian Bokmål: selvheftende — adhesive
- Swedish: självhäftande — adhesive