pampers
See also: Pampers
English
Verb
pampers
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pamper
Etymology 2
From the brand Pampers, from pamper.
Alternative forms
- pamper
Noun
pampers (plural pampers)
- (informal) A diaper or nappy (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent).
- 1988, Hunger Emergency in America: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture and the Domestic Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office, page 133:
- Ms. Deborah Manzer. So when I can only get pampers and their personal things, soap and shampoo, and detergent for their clothes, that $25 is gone, so there is no money for excess food toward the end of the month.
- 2016, Lawrence Millman, chapter 23, in At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 79:
- After we landed on the island, I could now see the object Markassie had pointed to—a lone pampers stuck (or frozen?) to the rocks several feet above the high tide mark. A pampers—from where might Hudson Bay’s notoriously whimsical currents have brought it?
- 2017, Ann O’Leary; Ilana Gabrielle Raskind; Melissa Turner, “Food Insecurity Experienced by Women Living in Poverty”, in Ann O’Leary and Paula M. Frew, editors, Poverty in the United States: Women’s Voices, Springer, →ISBN, page 58:
- As I say, we’re both out of work and both of them are still in pampers. So, it’s kind of hard … to … buy pampers for the babies. […] —Interviewee, Raleigh/Durham, NC
- 2022 January 29, “Moment four men wore pampers to bank in Epe (Photos, video)”, in P.M. News:
- A trending video has surfaced online where four men wore pampers to a branch of a new generation bank in Epe, Lagos to withdraw money.
- 2022 August 10, Kerry Burke; Thomas Tracy, “Three Trinitarios-linked gang members arrested for grisly 2020 Bronx double murder, ‘We just want justice,’ one victim’s wife says”, in New York Daily News:
- Nunez knew one of the victims, Richard Dominguez, since he was “in pampers,” his sister told the Daily News on Wednesday.
- 2022 August 13, Griffin Conant, “NFL Preseason odds: Cowboys vs. Broncos prediction, odds and pick – 8/13/2022”, in ClutchPoints:
- In fact, most of the young standouts on this Dallas squad were still in pampers when the Cowboys last hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.
- 2022 August 15, “Echoes From The Valley”, in Sahara Reporters:
- Excited but ignorant children ran helter-skelter, some half naked, some in pampers; […].
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Anagrams
- mappers, pampres, pre-amps, preamps
Dutch
Noun
pampers
- plural of pamper
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Pampers. Genericized trademark.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpam.pɛrs/
- Rhymes: -ampɛrs
- Syllabification: pam‧pers
Noun
pampers m inan
- (informal) diaper (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent)
Declension
Declension of pampers
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pampers | pampersy |
| genitive | pampersa | pampersów |
| dative | pampersowi | pampersom |
| accusative | pampersa | pampersy |
| instrumental | pampersem | pampersami |
| locative | pampersie | pampersach |
| vocative | pampersie | pampersy |
Further reading
- pampers in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pampers in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From English Pampers.
Noun
pampers m (plural pamperși)
- (informal) diaper
- Synonym: scutec
Declension
Declension of pampers
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) pampers | pampersul | (niște) pamperși | pamperșii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) pampers | pampersului | (unor) pamperși | pamperșilor |
| vocative | pampersule | pamperșilor | ||
Tagalog
Etymology
English Genericized trademark from Pampers, by Procter & Gamble (P&G), from English pamper.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pam‧pers
- IPA(key): /ˈpampeɾs/, [ˈpam.peɾs]
Noun
pámpers
- (slang) diaper
- Synonyms: lampin, dayaper
Further reading
- “pampers”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018