tampon
English
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]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): [ˈtʰæmpɑn]
- Rhymes: -æmpɑn
Noun
tampon (plural tampons)
- 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.
- A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
- An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Synonyms
- (intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood): vampire's teabag (slang)
Derived terms
- emotional 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)
- (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/
Audio (file)
Noun
tampon m (plural tampons)
- Piece of wood or other material to close an opening
- …un petit orifice qui, pendant l'emplissage, est bouché par un tampon de bois.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone.
- Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (boat) Same, closing a leak.
- Tampon d'étoupe.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (medicine) a plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid
- 1932, Jules Romains, Hommes de bonne volonté:
- Il monta chercher dans sa chambre, au premier étage, un petit tampon d'ouate; puis, comme le sang était sec et collait à la porcelaine, il humecta légèrement le coton avant de frotter.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
- tampon to stop menstruation
- Tampon hygiénique.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- sponge, piece of porous material
- used for washing.
- tampon à récurer.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture.
- vernissage au tampon.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to apply ink.
- Tampon encreur.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- used for washing.
- stamp
- Donner un coup de tampon.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute
- jouer le rôle de tampon.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
- Cette zone accueillerait une partie des 3,6 millions de réfugiés syriens et ferait office de zone tampon avec la Syrie.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (chemistry) buffer
- Solution tampon.
- Buffer solution
- (computing) buffer
- Elastic part that prevents damaging when a collision occurs, e.g. buffer in rail transport
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.
Further reading
- “tampon”, 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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ampɔn
- Syllabification: tam‧pon
Noun
tampon m inan (diminutive tamponik)
- (medicine) tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tampon | tampony |
genitive | tamponu | tamponów |
dative | tamponowi | tamponom |
accusative | tampon | tampony |
instrumental | tamponem | tamponami |
locative | tamponie | tamponach |
vocative | tamponie | tampony |
Derived terms
- tamponować
Related terms
- tamponada
Further reading
- tampon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tampon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French tampon.
Noun
tampon n (plural tampoane)
- buffer
- tampon
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tampon | tamponul | (niște) tampoane | tampoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) tampon | tamponului | (unor) tampoane | tampoanelor |
vocative | tamponule | tampoanelor |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǎmpoːn/
- Hyphenation: tam‧pon
Noun
tàmpōn m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мпо̄н)
- tampon
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tàmpōn | tamponi |
genitive | tampóna | tampona |
dative | tamponu | tamponima |
accusative | tampon | tampone |
vocative | tampone | tamponi |
locative | tamponu | tamponima |
instrumental | tamponom | tamponima |