viscose

From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscous.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪskəʊs/ enPR: vĭsʹkōs

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viscose (countable and uncountable, plural viscoses)

1. A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
2. A fabric made from this material.
   • 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.

   • 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:

     Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.

• cellulose xanthate
• rayon

• Vescios

• IPA^(key): /vis.koz/

viscose f (plural viscoses)

1. viscose

• “viscose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /viˈsko.se/, /viˈsko.ze/
• Rhymes: -ose, -oze
• Hyphenation: vi‧scó‧se

viscose f pl

1. feminine plural of viscoso

viscose f pl

1. plural of viscosa

• sovesci, vescosi

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯isˈkoː.se/, [u̯ɪs̠ˈkoːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /visˈko.se/, [visˈkɔːs̬e]

viscōse

1. vocative masculine singular of viscōsus