Cellucotton

Swedish translation: cellulosavadd

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English term or phrase:Cellucotton
Swedish translation:cellulosavadd
Entered by: Swirlie

11:45 Nov 22, 2006
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Cellucotton
In the early 20th century cellucotton was introduced; a substance conceived to replace cotton, mainly for medicinal reasons.

Vad kallar man cellucotton på svenska?
Tack på förhand.
Swirlie
Local time: 13:58
cellulosavadd
Explanation:
Det kan vara det som beskrivs i den engelska texten nedan, tagen ur länk nr 1. Cellulosavadd används för hushålls- och sanitätsprodukter om man får tro nätet när man googlar.
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Lena Samuelsson
Sweden
Local time: 13:58
Grading comment
Tack så mycket, Lena!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Cellulosa
Linda Pettersson (X)
3 +2cellulosavadd
Lena Samuelsson
4cellstoff
Paula Nilsson


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cellucotton
Cellulosa


Explanation:
Efterforskade lite, och enligt den information jag hittade är cellucotton och cellulosa samma sak. Hoppas att det hjälper!

Linda Pettersson (X)
Sweden
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  finntranslat (X): ok.
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cellucotton
cellulosavadd


Explanation:
Det kan vara det som beskrivs i den engelska texten nedan, tagen ur länk nr 1. Cellulosavadd används för hushålls- och sanitätsprodukter om man får tro nätet när man googlar.

Example sentence(s):
  • Right before the outbreak of World War I, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation trademarked Cellucotton, an absorbent substitute for cotton that is derived from cellulose, which, in turn, comes largely from wood pulp. With cotton in short supply during the war,

    Reference: http://chnm.gmu.edu/features/sidelights/sneeze.html
Lena Samuelsson
Sweden
Local time: 13:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Tack så mycket, Lena!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomasz Ratajczak
18 hrs
  -> Tack, Tomasz !

agree  Mårten Sandberg: Ja att ersätta bomull med helt ospecificerad cellulosa kan nog bli lite jobbigt
22 hrs
  -> Tack, Mårten !
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cellucotton
cellstoff


Explanation:
enligt Norstedts engelsk-svenska


Paula Nilsson
Sweden
Local time: 13:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
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