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.
gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically · an object made from gum · alternative form of gum (“eraser”)
çekim: çoğul gommen
köken: From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
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)