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cotton_wool

cotton wool

See also: cottonwool and cotton-wool

English

Noun

cotton wool ‎(usually uncountable, plural cotton wools)

(US) raw fibers of cotton before being processed
(Britain) absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use etc.

Derived terms

Translations

raw fibers of cotton

Bashkir: мамыҡ ‎(mamïq)
Dutch: katoenvezels n pl
German: Baumwolle (de) f
Greek: βαμβάκι (el) n ‎(vamváki)
Italian: cotone (it) m, bambagia (it)
Latvian: vate f

Russian: хло́пок-сыре́ц m ‎(xlópok-syréc)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: вата f

Roman: vata (sh) f
Swedish: råbomull c

absorbent cotton

Armenian: բամբակ (hy) ‎(bambak)
Bashkir: мамыҡ ‎(mamïq)
Czech: vata (cs) f
Dutch: watten (nl) n pl, katoenwatten n pl
Finnish: pumpuli (fi), vanu (fi)
French: ouate (fr) f, coton hydrophile (fr) m
German: Verbandwatte f
Greek: βαμβάκι (el) n ‎(vamváki)
Italian: ovatta (it) f, cotone idrofilo m, bambagia (it)
Norman: ouadinne f
Maori: wūru kātene
Polish: wata (pl) f

Portuguese: algodão (pt) m
Russian: ва́та (ru) f ‎(váta)
Scottish Gaelic: clòimh-chotain f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: вата f

Roman: vata (sh) f
Sicilian: cuttuni spusu m
Slovak: vata f
Swedish: bomull (sv) c, bomullsvadd c, vadd c
Venetian: bombaxo, bonbàs