капрон

Russian

Etymology

Following the Soviet subjugation of the industries of Germany, where the compound was invented in 1938 by Paul Schlack, and the reestablishment of production and trade, as a shorthand from капролакта́м (kaprolaktám).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈpron]
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Noun

капро́н • (kaprónm inan (genitive капро́на, nominative plural капро́ны, genitive plural капро́нов, relational adjective капро́новый)

  1. polycaprolactam

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կապրոն (kapron)
  • Azerbaijani: kapron
  • Czech: kapron
  • English: capron, kapron (as a product of the Communist Bloc)
  • Georgian: კაპრონი (ḳaṗroni)
  • German: Kapron, Capron (in the GDR; FRG tradename Perlon)
  • Kazakh: капрон (kapron)
  • Kyrgyz: капрон (kapron)
  • Latvian: kaprons
  • Lithuanian: kapronas
  • Polish: kapron
  • Romanian: capron
  • Slovak: kapron, kaprón
  • Tatar: капрон (qapron)
  • Turkmen: kapron
  • Uzbek: kapron