vinyl

From Latin vīnum (“wine”) +‎ -yl. Derived from Latin vīnum because ethyl alcohol is the ordinary alcohol present in wine.

vinyl (countable and uncountable, plural vinyls)

(organic chemistry, uncountable) The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.
(countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
Hyponyms: polyvinyl chloride, PVC
(music, collectively, uncountable) Phonograph records as a medium.
Many DJs prefer vinyl to CDs.
(music, countable) A phonograph record.
Coordinate term: acetate
- 2011, David Eagleman, Why the Net Matters, Canongate Books, →ISBN:
  This is a tangible example of the net's natural flow toward improved environmental outcomes. Although some people lament the loss of flipping through CDs, or eight-tracks, or vinyls, there is a clear upside to dematerialization.

univalent radical

substance

record

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: سيدي ڤاينيل (sīdī vāynel)
Bulgarian: грамофонна плоча f (gramofonna ploča)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 唱片 (coeng³ pin^3-2), 黑膠唱片 / 黑胶唱片 (hak¹ gaau¹ coeng³ pin^3-2)

Mandarin: 唱片 (zh) (chàngpiàn, chàngpiān), 黑膠唱片 / 黑胶唱片 (zh) (hēijiāo chàngpiàn, hēijiāo chàngpiān)
Finnish: vinyyli (fi)
French: disque vinyle (fr) m
German: Vinyl-Schallplatte f, Schallplatte (de) f
Greek: βινύλιο (el) n (vinýlio)
Italian: vinile (it) m
Japanese: レコード (ja) (rekōdo)
Korean: 레코드 (ko) (rekodeu)
Polish: winyl (pl) m
Portuguese: vinil (pt) m
Russian: вини́ловая пласти́нка f (vinílovaja plastínka), пласти́нка (ru) f (plastínka)
Spanish: vinilo m
Swedish: vinyl (sv) c

vinyl (not comparable)

(chemistry) Containing the vinyl radical.
Synonym: vinylic
Made of polyvinyl chloride.
(music) Pertaining to a phonograph record.
- 1979, “Boogie Wonderland”, in I Am, performed by Earth, Wind & Fire:
  Dance, boogie wonderland / Sound fly through the night / I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland
- 2015, Dominik Bartmanski, Ian Woodward, Vinyl: The Analogue Record in the Digital Age, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:
  After being gifted a turntable and investing in relatively inexpensive speakers, he talks about becoming reacquainted with the Impulse vinyl version of John Coltrane's celebrated jazz album, A Love Supreme.

containing the vinyl radical

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