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aluminium foil

English

Alternative forms

aluminum foil (North America)

Noun

aluminium foil ‎(usually uncountable, plural aluminium foils)

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

Synonyms

tinfoil, tin foil

Translations

thin sheets of aluminium

Chinese:

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

Mandarin: 鋁箔 (zh), 铝箔 (zh) ‎(lǚbó), 錫紙 (zh), 锡纸 (zh) ‎(xīzhǐ, xízhǐ)
Czech: alobal (cs) m
Danish: alufolie n, 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)
Hungarian: alufólia

Japanese: アルミ箔 ‎(アルミはく, arumihaku), アルミホイル ‎(arumihoiru)
Korean: Korean: 알루미늄 포일 ‎(alluminyum poil), 알루미늄 호일 ‎(alluminyum hoil), 알루미늄 박 ‎(alluminyum bak)
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

See also

aluminium foil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia