shampoo

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Etymology

From Hindi चाँपो (champo), imperative form of चाँपना (champna, “to press, knead”), from Sanskrit root चपयति (√cap, “to pound, kneed”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʃæmˈpu/

Noun

shampoo (plural shampoos)

1. A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
2. A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
3. An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

   I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo.

4. (humorous, slang) Champagne (wine).

Synonyms

• (instance of washing hair/fibres with shampoo): shampooing
• (champagne) bubbly, champers, fizz

Translations

massage

product for washing the hair or other fibres

Arabic: شامبو (ar) (shambuu) m. Morocco: شمبوان (šamṗwān) Armenian: շամպուն (hy) (šampun) Bulgarian: шампоан (bg) (šampoán) m. Catalan: xampú (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 洗髮水 (cmn), 洗发水 (cmn) (xǐfàshuǐ), 洗髮精 (cmn), 洗发精 (cmn) (xǐfàjīng), 洗髮劑 (cmn), 洗发剂 (cmn) (xǐfàjì), 香波 (cmn) (xiāngbō) (loanword), 洗頭 (cmn), 洗头 (cmn) (xǐtóu) (hairwash) Czech: šampón (cs) m. Danish: shampoo (da) c. Dutch: shampoo (nl) m. Esperanto: ŝampuo (eo), (variant spelling) sxampuo (eo), (variant spelling) shampuo (eo) Finnish: shampoo (fi), hiustenpesuaine (fi) French: shampooing (fr) m. Georgian: შამპუნი (ka) (šampuni) German: Shampoo (de) n., Schampu (de) n., Schampon (de) n., Schampun (de) n., Haarwaschmittel (de) n. Greek: σαμπουάν (el) (sampouán) n. Hebrew: שמפו (he)

Hungarian: sampon (hu) Irish: seampú (ga) m. Italian: sciampo (it) m. Japanese: シャンプー (ja) (shanpū) Korean: 샴푸 (ko) (syampu) Kurdish: şampo (ku) f., شامپۆ (ku) Luxembourgish: Shampoing (lb) m. Macedonian: шампон (mk) (šampón) m. Maltese: xampù (mt) m. Persian: شامپو (fa) (shâmpoo) Polish: szampon (pl) m. Portuguese: xampu (pt) m. Romanian: șampon (ro) n. Russian: шампунь (ru) (šampún') m. Spanish: champú (es) m. Swedish: schampo (sv) n. Turkish: şampuan (tr) Volapük: jämpod (vo), (variant spelling) jaympod (vo)

instance of washing the hair with shampoo

Finnish: hiustenpesu (fi) German: Haarwäsche (de) f. Macedonian: шампонирање (mk) (šamponíranje) n.

Romanian: șamponare (ro) f. Swedish: schamponering (sv) c. Turkish: şampuan (tr)

instance of washing other fibres with shampoo

Finnish: vaahtopesu (fi)

Swedish: schamponering (sv) c.

humorous slang: champagne

Finnish: skumppa (fi), samppis (fi), samppakalja (fi) German: Schampus (de) m.

Russian: шампунь (ru) (šampún') m., шампусик (ru) (šampúsik) m.

Verb

shampoo (third-person singular simple present shampoos, present participle shampooing, simple past and past participle shampooed)

1. (intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.

   My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.

2. (transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.

Translations

to wash hair with shampoo

Chinese: Mandarin: 洗頭 (cmn), 洗头 (cmn) (xǐtóu) Dutch: shampooën (nl), shamponeren (nl) Esperanto: ŝampui (eo), (variant spelling) sxampui (eo), (variant spelling) shampui (eo) Finnish: pestä (fi) tukkansa (fi) shampoolla (fi)

French: shampouiner (fr) German: schamponieren (de) Hungarian: samponoz (hu) Macedonian: шампонира (mk) (šamponíra) Swedish: schamponera (sv)

to wash (the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo

German: schampunieren (de), schamponieren (de), shampoonieren (de), das Haar waschen (de), den Kopf waschen (de), den Teppich schampunieren (de)

Swedish: schamponera (sv) Volapük: jämpodön (vo)

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Etymology

English

Noun

shampoo

1. shampoo (product for washing hair)

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Finnish

Noun

shampoo

1. Alternative form of sampoo.

Declension

Declension of shampoo (type filee) singular plural nominative shampoo shampoot genitive shampoon shampoiden shampoitten partitive shampoota shampoita accusative shampoo shampoon shampoot inessive shampoossa shampoissa elative shampoosta shampoista illative shampoohon shampooseen shampoihin shampoisiin adessive shampoolla shampoilla ablative shampoolta shampoilta allative shampoolle shampoille essive shampoona shampoina translative shampooksi shampoiksi instructive – shampoin abessive shampootta shampoitta comitative – shampoineen

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

shampoo m. inv.

1. shampoo (detergent, washing of hair with such detergent)