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''vinyl'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260125123911-00-⌔

vinyl - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

vinyl (countable and uncountable, plural vinyls)

  • (organic chemistry, uncountable) The univalent radical CH =CH−, derived from ethylene.
    • ✤ Synonym: ethenyl
  • (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
    • ✤ 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.1

Adjective

vinyl (not comparable)

  • (chemistry) Containing the vinyl radical.
    • ✤ Synonym: vinylic
  • Made of polyvinyl chloride.
  • (music) Pertaining to a phonograph record.
    • ✤ Dance, boogie wonderland/Sound fly through the night/I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland2
    • ✤ 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.3

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • enPR: vīʹnĭl, vīʹnəl
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈvaɪ.nɪl/, /ˈvaɪ.nəl/, [ˈvaɪ.nɫ̩]
    • (Australian) IPA: /ˈvɑe.nɪl/, /ˈvɑe.nəl/, [ˈvɑe̯.nɫ̩]
  • (Philippines) IPA: [vɪˈn̪iːl]
  • Rhymes: -aɪnɪl, -aɪnəl

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Footnotes

  1. 2011, David Eagleman, Why the Net Matters, Canongate Books, →ISBN: ↩

  2. 1979, Earth, Wind & Fire, “Boogie Wonderland”, in I Am: ↩

  3. 2015, Dominik Bartmanski, Ian Woodward, Vinyl: The Analogue Record in the Digital Age, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 48: ↩

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