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tampon

See also: Tampon and tampón

English

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A tampon with an applicator

Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.
    • 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:
      The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.
    • 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 145:
      I examined a tampon, from the outside only without removing the wrapper because I did not want to waste one, and considered aloud the consequences of pushing the offensively shaped object into my vagina.
  2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
  3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

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Verb

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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.

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French

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Etymology

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

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tampon m (plural tampons)

  1. plug, stopper
    un tampon de bois ― a wooden stopper
    1. (music) pad (for a flute, saxophone)
      Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. (nautical) (for closing a leak)
      tampon d’étoupe ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (medicine) swab
    • 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.
      He went up to his room on the first floor to look for a small ball of cotton wool; then, since the blood was dry and stuck to the porcelain, he moistened the cotton slightly before rubbing.
  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.
      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)
  7. (chemistry) buffer
    solution tampon ― buffer solution
  8. (computing) buffer
  9. (rail transport) buffer

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Polish

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Etymology

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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”).

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tampon m inan (diminutive tamponik)

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

Declension

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Declension of tampon
singular plural
nominative tampon tampony
genitive tamponu tamponów
dative tamponowi tamponom
accusative tampon tampony
instrumental tamponem tamponami
locative tamponie tamponach
vocative tamponie tampony

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  • tampon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tampon.

Noun

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tampon n (plural tampoane)

  1. buffer
  2. tampon

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tampon tamponul tampoane tampoanele
genitive-dative tampon tamponului tampoane tampoanelor
vocative tamponule tampoanelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tàmpōn m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мпо̄н)

  1. tampon

Declension

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Declension of tampon
singular plural
nominative tàmpōn tamponi
genitive tampóna tampona
dative tamponu tamponima
accusative tampon tampone
vocative tampone tamponi
locative tamponu tamponima
instrumental tamponom tamponima
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