rubber (natural and synthetic) · plastic · a rubber tree, hevea (Hevea brasiliensis)
çekim: çoğul caoutchoucs
eş: gomme élastique, figuier caoutchouc
köken: Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc (an early variant of caucho), from Quechua kawchu. The final -c was formerly variably pronounced or silent, but is now always silent.
young female sheep · rough wool · flock (for mattress)
çekim: çoğul borras
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old Spanish borra Spanish borra Inherited from Old Spanish borra, from Latin burra. Cognate with English bureau and burel.
bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie (attachment, as in a relation) · band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) · ribbon or object of similar shape
çekim: çoğul banden
köken: Inherited from Middle Dutch bant, from Old Dutch *bant. Compare Old High German bant, pant n, Old Saxon band, Old Frisian band n (and a closely related form Old English bænd, bend with umlaut from *bandiz). A verbal noun with ablaut to binden (“to bind”).
rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree) · eraser (thing used to remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil) · wineskin (bag for holding wine)
çekim: çoğul borrachas
köken: Borrowed from Spanish borracha (“wineskin”); because native Amazonians used rubber to make waterskins, the meaning began to apply to the substance.
rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree) · short for 消しゴム (keshi-gomu, “rubber (eraser)”) · short for ヘアゴム (hea-gomu, “hair tie, scrunchie”)
futile (of a promise, not intended to be kept) · uncovered, bounced, unbacked (not backed with sufficient funds, as a cheque) · groundless, baseless (without any grounds to support it, like a rumor)