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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪlɒn/
• (米国発音) nīʹlän, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪlɑn/
• 韻: -aɪlɒn
• ハイフネーション: ny‧lon

名詞

nylon (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 nylons)

1. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
2. (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

   I tore a hole in my nylons while walking home through the woods.

   • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     He put on make-up, nylons, panties, a dress.

   • 2007, Matthew Weiner, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, in Mad Men, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Don Draper (Jon Hamm):

     What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts.

3. (perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.

派生語

• Bri-Nylon
• nylonase
• nylon-string guitar

派生した語

• → Persian: نایلون‎ (nâylon)
• → Polish: nylon
• → Spanish: nailon
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: nailo
• → Tibetan: ནེ་ལོན (ne lon)
• → Turkish: naylon
• → Chinese: 尼龍／尼龙 (nÍlóng)

参照

アナグラム

• nonyl