polypropylene
noun
polypropylene is spelled P-O-L-Y-P-R-O-P-Y-L-E-N-E: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polypropylene means “A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polypropylene is polypropylenes.
How many letters and syllables are in polypropylene?
| Letters | 13: P-O-L-Y-P-R-O-P-Y-L-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polypropylene?
Polypropylene appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce polypropylene?
- US
Polypropylene has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-polypropylene.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of polypropylene
- polypropylenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polypropylene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.
Near-synonym: ♷
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate polypropylene?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of polypropylene: PP, polyprop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polypropylene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense resin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polypropylène |
| German | Polypropylen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does polypropylene come from?
From poly- + propylene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).