celuloide

See also: celulóide

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• celulóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English celluloid.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/ [se.luˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/ [se.luˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlɔj.de/ [se.luˈlɔɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.luˈlɔj.dɨ/ [sɨ.luˈlɔj.ðɨ]

Noun

celuloide m (plural celuloides)

1. celluloid (variety of thermoplastics)

Further reading

• “celuloide”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “celuloide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeluˈloide/ [θe.luˈloi̯.ð̞e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seluˈloide/ [se.luˈloi̯.ð̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: ce‧lu‧loi‧de

Noun

celuloide m (plural celuloides)

1. celluloid (variety of thermoplastics)

Further reading

• “celuloide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025