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6-letter words (3 found)

POTMAN,TAMPON,TOPMAN,

5-letter words (3 found)

MANTO,PANTO,TOMAN,

4-letter words (11 found)

ATOM,ATOP,MANO,MOAN,MOAT,MONA,NOMA,NOTA,PANT,PONT,TAMP,

3-letter words (34 found)

AMP,ANT,APO,APT,MAN,MAP,MAT,MNA,MOA,MON,MOP,MOT,NAM,NAP,NAT,NOM,NOT,OAT,OMA,OPA,OPT,PAM,PAN,PAT,POA,POM,POT,TAM,TAN,TAO,TAP,TOM,TON,TOP,

2-letter words (14 found)

AM,AN,AT,MA,MO,NA,NO,OM,ON,OP,PA,PO,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of tampon

tampon

Etymology

First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampion, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappo (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). More at tap.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈtʰæmpɒn]
  • (General American) IPA(key): [ˈtʰæmpɑn]
  • Rhymes: -æmpɑn

Noun

tampon (plural tampons)

  1. A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
  2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
  3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

Synonyms

  • (intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood): vampire's teabag (slang)

Derived terms

  • emotional tampon
  • nasal tampon
  • tampo
  • tampography

Translations

Verb

tampon (third-person singular simple present tampons, present participle tamponing or tamponning, simple past and past participle tamponed or tamponned)

  1. (medicine, transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.

Translations

See also

  • sanitary napkin, sanitary towel
  • tampion

Anagrams

  • pot man, potman, topman

French

Etymology

Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.pɔ̃/

Noun

tampon m (plural tampons)

  1. plug, stopper
    un tampon de bois ― a wooden stopper
    1. (music) pad (for a flute, saxophone)
    2. (nautical) (for closing a leak)
      tampon d’étoupe ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (medicine) swab
  3. tampon (menstrual product)
    tampon hygiénique ― tampon
  4. sponge, pad (piece of porous material)
    1. used for washing
      tampon à récurer ― scourer, scouring pad
    2. to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture
      vernissage au tampon ― French polishing
    3. to apply ink
      tampon encreur ― ink pad
  5. stamp
    donner un coup de tampon ― to stamp
  6. (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute
    jouer le rôle de tampon ― to act as a buffer
    1. In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
  7. (chemistry) buffer
    solution tampon ― buffer solution
  8. (computing) buffer
  9. (rail transport) buffer

Synonyms

  • (to block an opening): bouchon, tape, tapon
  • (tampon): serviette hygiénique
  • (stamp): cachet, timbre

Derived terms

  • tamponner
    • tamponnage
    • tamponnade
  • zone tampon

Descendants

  • English: tampon
  • German: Tampon
  • Dutch: tampon
  • Italian: tampone
  • Japanese: タンポン (tanpon)
  • Korean: 탐폰 (tampon)
  • Portuguese: tampão
  • Russian: тампо́н (tampón)
  • Spanish: tampón

References

  • Etymology and history of “tapon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampion, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappo (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtam.pɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ampɔn
  • Syllabification: tam‧pon

Noun

tampon m inan (diminutive tamponik)

  1. (medicine) tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • tampon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tampon.

Noun

tampon n (plural tampoane)

  1. buffer
  2. tampon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎmpoːn/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧pon

Noun

tàmpōn m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мпо̄н)

  1. tampon

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org