diaper

English

A toddler wearing a diaper (absorbent garment)

Etymology

From Old French dyapre, diaspre, from mediaeval Latin diaspra, diasprum from Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (adj), from δια- (“across”) + άσπρος (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdaɪəpə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdaɪpɚ/, /ˈdaɪəpɚ/

Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

diaper (plural diapers)

1. A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:

     The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.

2. A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
3. (North America) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an older person who is incontinent; a nappy.
4. The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.

Synonyms

• (absorbent garment): nappy (British, Australia); napkin (British, archaic)

Derived terms

• incontinence diaper

Translations

absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent

• Arabic: حفاض (ar) (HifaaD) f, حفاظ (ar) (HifaaZ) f, فوطة الطفل (ar) (fuwaTat al-Tifl) f

  Egyptian Arabic: حفاضه

• Aromanian: scutic (rup)
• Asturian: pañal (ast) m
• Belarusian: падгузнік (be) (padhuznik)
• Bulgarian: пелена (bg) (pelena) f
• Catalan: bolquer (ca), bolquers (ca) m pl, bolcall (ca) m, bolcalls (ca) m, llençolet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿布 (cmn) (niàobù)

• Czech: plena (cs) f, plenka (cs) f
• Danish: ble (da) c
• Dutch: luier (nl)
• Esperanto: vindotuko (eo)
• Finnish: vaippa (fi)
• French: couche (fr) f
• Galician: cueiro (gl) m
• German: Windel (de) f
• Greek: πάνα (el) (pána) f
• Hebrew: חיתול (he) (khitul) m
• Hungarian: pelenka (hu)
• Icelandic: bleia (is) f, bleyja (is) f
• Istriot: didî
• Italian: pannolino (it) m

• Japanese: お襁褓 (ja) (おむつ, o-mutsu), おむつ (ja) (o-mutsu), 襁褓 (ja) (むつき, mutsuki), 襁褓 (ja) (おしめ, oshime)
• Korean: 기저귀 (ko) (gijeogwi)
• Latin: incunabula (la)
• Macedonian: пелена (mk) (pélena) f
• Norwegian: bleie (no)
• Persian: پوشک (fa)
• Polish: pielucha (pl) f, pieluszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fralda (pt) f
• Quechua: akawara (qu)
• Romanian: scutec (ro) n
• Russian: подгузник (ru) (podgúznik) m, памперс (ru) (pámpers) m, пелёнка (ru) (peljónka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пелена (sh) f

  Roman: pelena (sh) f

• Spanish: pañal (es) m
• Swedish: blöja (sv)
• Thai: ผ้าอ้อม (th)

See also

• Diaper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

diaper (third-person singular simple present diapers, present participle diapering, simple past and past participle diapered)

1. To put diapers on someone.

   Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.

2. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
   • Peacham

     If you diaper on folds.

Translations

To put diapers on someone

• Esperanto: vindi (eo)
• French: langer (fr)

• German: windeln (de), wickeln (de)
• Hungarian: pelenkáz (hu), bepelenkáz (hu)

Anagrams

• paired
• repaid