Bakelite

See also: bakelite, bakélite, and Bakélite

English

An item composed of bakelite

Alternative forms

• bakelite

Etymology

Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland. See -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt/

Noun

Bakelite (uncountable)

1. A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).

Synonyms

• polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

Translations

heat-resisting chemically inert resin

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: бакели́т m (bakelít)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膠木／胶木 (zh) (jiāomù), 電木／电木 (zh) (diànmù)

• Czech: bakelit (cs) m
• Dutch: bakeliet (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: bakeliitti (fi)
• French: Bakélite f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Bakelit (de) n
• Greek: βακελίτης (el) m (vakelítis)
• Hungarian: bakelit (hu)
• Italian: bachelite (it) f
• Polish: bakelit (pl) m
• Portuguese: baquelite f, bakelite f, baquelita f
• Russian: бакели́т (ru) m (bakelít)
• Spanish: baquelita f
• Swedish: bakelit (sv)
• Thai: เบคิไลต์
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can