velcro

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D’abord une marque de commerce, le mot velcro est aujourd’hui attesté comme nom commun et s’écrit avec une minuscule.

Ce mot-valise a été construit à partir des mots velours et crochet.

Le mot velcro prend un s au pluriel, sauf s’il est en apposition :

  • des velcros
  • des bandes velcro (= des bandes en velcro)

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