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caoutchouc

/ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/

caoutchouc noun: latex; natural rubber.

Noun

caoutchouc (countable and uncountable, plural caoutchoucs)

  1. (obsolete) Latex; natural rubber.
    • Many a passer-by thought Miss Arundel was listening to some subject of most touching interest: his Lordship was only detailing the benefit he derived one wet day from his caoutchouc cloak.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 299
    • The Automaton can plainly, at the will of the casual spectator, speak any sentence or words, in any language, sing, whisper, laugh, &c.; the organs of articulation are formed of caoutchouc—exactly resembling those appertaing(sic) to humanity....1846, editorial staff, “The Speaking Automation”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 98
    Synonyms:
    india rubber

caoutchouc meaning in Bengali, Tagalog, Arabic and Vietnamese

caoutchouc in Bengali

প্রাকৃতিক রাবার

caoutchouc in Tagalog

natural rubber
kawtso

caoutchouc in Arabic

natural rubber
مَطَّاط maṭṭāṭ, كَاوْتْشُوك kāwtšūk

caoutchouc in Vietnamese

natural rubber
cao su

Synonyms of caoutchouc

Forms of caoutchouc

pluralcaoutchoucs
alternative formcahootchie

Origin of caoutchouc

Borrowed from French caoutchouc, from Spanish caucho, from Quechua kawchu. Doublet of caucho.

Words formed from caoutchouc

Questions about caoutchouc

What does caoutchouc mean?
Caoutchouc means latex; natural rubber.
What is caoutchouc in Bengali?
Caoutchouc in Bengali is প্রাকৃতিক রাবার. See Caoutchouc meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is caoutchouc?
Caoutchouc is a noun.
How do you pronounce caoutchouc?
Caoutchouc is pronounced /ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/.
What is the plural of caoutchouc?
The plural of caoutchouc is caoutchoucs.

Words near caoutchouc in the dictionary

  1. Caouette
  2. Caouettes
  3. caouk
  4. caouks
  5. caoutchin
  6. caoutchouc
  7. caoutchoucin
  8. caoutchoucs
  9. caoxite
  10. cap
  11. cap and ball

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caoutchouc (page history and authors); caoutchouc (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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