pamper

English

Etymology

From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp +‎ -er. Cognate with Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), German dialectal pampfen (“to cram”), Danish dialectal pampe (“to boast, brag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpæmpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

Verb

pamper (third-person singular simple present pampers, present participle pampering, simple past and past participle pampered)

1. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
2. (dated) To feed luxuriously.

Synonyms

• coddle

Translations

to treat with excessive care, to indulge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬌縱 (cmn), 娇纵 (cmn) (jiāozòng), 放縱 (cmn), 放纵 (cmn) (fàngzòng)

• Esperanto: dorloti (eo)
• Finnish: hemmotella (fi), hyysätä (fi), lelliä (fi)
• French: choyer (fr), dorloter (fr)
• German: verwöhnen (de), hätscheln (de)
• Greek: παραχαϊδεύω (el) (parachaïdévo), κανακεύω (el) (kanakévo)
• Hungarian: kényeztet (hu), (permanently, not reversal:) elkényztet (hu)
• Italian: coccolare (it)

• Japanese: 甘やかす (ja) (あまやかす, amayakasu)
• Malay: manja (ms)
• Norwegian: dulle (no) med
• Romanian: răsfăța (ro), alinta (ro)
• Russian: баловать (ru) (balovátʹ) impf., избаловать (ru) (izbalovátʹ) pf., изнеживать (ru) (iznéživatʹ) impf., изнежить (ru) (iznéžitʹ) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: razmaziti (sh), размазити (sh)
• Spanish: mimar (es), consentir (es), (Chile) regalonear (es)
• Swedish: dalta (sv)

Anagrams

• mapper, preamp

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Dutch

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Pampers brand of diapers.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛmpər/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpər

Noun

pamper m (plural pampers, diminutive pampertje)

1. a diaper

Synonyms

• luier