CELLOPHANE


Meaning of CELLOPHANE in English

™ / ˈseləfeɪn/ noun

[ U ] a thin transparent plastic material used for wrapping things

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: from cellulose + -phane , from diaphane , a kind of semi-transparent woven silk (from medieval Latin diaphanus diaphanous).

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