cellophane
/ˈsɛləfeɪn/
cellophane noun: any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
Noun
cellophane (countable and uncountable, plural cellophanes)
- Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
- Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head1967, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, The Beatles (music)
Verb
cellophane (third-person singular simple present cellophanes, present participle cellophaning, simple past and past participle cellophaned)
- To wrap or package in cellophane.
cellophane meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
cellophane in Hindi
- the transparent plastic film
- पन्नी pannī
cellophane in Tamil
- செலப்பேன், மரத்தாதுப்போலி, கண்ணாடிக் காகிதம், செல்லோஃபேன், செல்லோப்பேன்
cellophane in Tagalog
- the transparent plastic film
- selopin
cellophane in Arabic
- the transparent plastic film
- سِيلُوفَان silufān
More languagesFewer languages
- cellophane in Malay
- selofan
- cellophane in Indonesian
- selofan
- cellophane in Thai
- กระดาษแก้ว grà-dàat-gɛ̂ɛo, เซลโลเฟน
Examples of cellophane in a sentence
- Escalator, cellophane, and laundromat have all lost their trademark status to genericide.
- At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane.
- Lubavitchers, Penansky says, believe mezuzahs need no adornment and simply wrap them in cellophane.
Forms of cellophane
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cellophanes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cellophanes |
| present participle | cellophaning |
| past participle | cellophaned |
| past | cellophaned |
Origin of cellophane
Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose + diaphane.
Words formed from cellophane
Phrases with cellophane
Questions about cellophane
- What does cellophane mean?
- Cellophane means any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
- What is cellophane in Hindi?
- Cellophane in Hindi is पन्नी (pannī). See Cellophane meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cellophane?
- Cellophane can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cellophane?
- Cellophane is pronounced /ˈsɛləfeɪn/.
- What is the plural of cellophane?
- The plural of cellophane is cellophanes.
Words near cellophane in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cellophane (page history and authors); cellophane (Tamil 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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