aluminium foil

English

Alternative forms

• aluminum foil (North America)

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

aluminium foil (usually uncountable, plural aluminium foils)

1. (Australia, British, New Zealand) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.

   Synonyms: tinfoil, tin foil

Translations

very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鋁箔／铝箔 (leoi⁵ bok⁶), 錫紙／锡纸 (sek⁶ zi²)

  Mandarin: 鋁箔／铝箔 (zh) (lǚbó), 錫紙／锡纸 (zh) (xīzhǐ, xízhǐ)

• Czech: alobal (cs) m
• Danish: alufolie n or c, sølvpapir n
• Finnish: alumiinifolio (fi), talousfolio
• French: papier d’aluminium (fr) m, papier d’alu (fr) m
• German: Aluminiumfolie (de) f, Alufolie (de) f
• Greek: αλουμινόχαρτο (el) n (alouminócharto)
• Hebrew: רְדִיד אָלוּמִינְיוּם (he) m (r'díd-alumínyum), נייר אלומיניום m (n'yár-alumínyum), נייר כסף m (n'yár-késef)
• Hungarian: alufólia (hu)
• Irish: scragall alúmanaim m
• Japanese: アルミ箔 (アルミはく, arumihaku), アルミホイル (arumihoiru), ホイル (hoiru)
• Korean: Korean: 알루미늄 포일 (alluminyum poil), 알루미늄 호일 (alluminyum hoil), 알루미늄 박 (alluminyum bak), 쿠킹호일 (kukinghoil)
• Norwegian: aluminiumsfolie m, sølvpapir n
• Polish: folia aluminiowa f
• Portuguese: papel-alumínio (pt) m, papel laminado m
• Russian: алюми́ниевая фольга́ f (aljumínijevaja folʹgá), фольга́ (ru) f (folʹgá), альфо́ль (ru) f (alʹfólʹ)
• Slovene: aluminijasta folija f, alufolija f
• Spanish: papel aluminio (es) m, papel plata
• Swedish: aluminiumfolie (sv) c
• Turkish: alüminyum folyo
• Welsh: papur arian m, ffoil alwminiwm m

Further reading

• aluminium foil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia