nylon
French, noun/ni.lɔ̃/
nylon is spelled N-Y-L-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nylon is a French masculine noun meaning “nylon (material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière plastique de type polyamide inventée par Wallace Carothers”.
What does nylon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenylon (material)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière plastique de type polyamide inventée par Wallace Carothers. 2. Fibre textile de cette matière. 3. Chemisier nylon. 4. Sac en plastique donné par les magasins.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nylon
- nylons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nylon?
- /ni.lɔ̃/
- \ni.lɔ̃\
- [ni.lɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nylon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nylon in French?
nylon appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).