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.
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.