rubber

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
3. (Australia, Brunei, India, New-Zealand, UK, countable, usually) An eraser.
4. (Canada, US, countable, slang, usually) A condom, especially an external condom.
5. (countable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
6. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
7. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
8. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
9. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
10. (historical, uncountable, usually) The cushion of an electric machine.
11. (countable, usually) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
12. (Canada, US, in-plural, uncountable, usually) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
13. (slang, uncountable, usually) Tires, particularly racing tires.
14. (dated, slang, uncountable, usually) A hardship or misfortune.

Adj

Not covered by funds on account.

Verb

1. To eavesdrop on a telephone call
2. (slang) To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity.

Concepts

caoutchouc

gomme

préservatif

condom

capote

latex

capote anglaise

gomme à effacer

imperméable

galoche

canton

caoutchouc d’hévéa

partie libre

capotte anglaise

coutchouc

arctique

préso

bottine

👢

claque

élastique

caoutchouc naturel

caoutchouter

chèque en bois

matière plastique

robre

balata

caoutchouc de para

Synonymes

eraser

condom

caoutchouc

gum

India rubber

prophylactic

safety

natural rubber

safe

india rubber

tire

gum elastic

sheath

india-rubber

French letter

latex

elastic

raincoat

resin

grater

gumshoe

eraser

glue

pussy can

rubber eraser

rubberise

rasp

American letter

golosh

American sock

masseur

rubberize

cock-sock

tyre

synthetic rubber

pencil eraser

plastic

no-good

galosh

masseuse

franger

Arctic

French letter

backgammon

bad

👎

bridge

cribbage

cutter

gutta-percha

inner tube

Traductions

Gummi

goma

gomma

caucho

borracha

Radiergummi

caucciù

rubber

Kautschuk

goma

καουτσούκ

Kondom

preservativo

condoom

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹʌbə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From rub + -er.
The sense of the substance comes from its ability to function as an eraser, displacing earlier caoutchouc. The senses not having to do with rubbing or erasing are secondarily derived from the name of the substance.