tampon

See also Tampon

English

Wikipedia

A tampon with an applicator

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtʰæmpʰɔn]

Noun

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.
2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

Synonyms

• (intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood): vampire's teabag (slang)

Translations

A plug of cotton or other absorbent material

• Arabic: سدادة (ar) (sidaada) f, سدادة قطنية (ar) (sidaada quTníyya) f, تامبون (ar) (tambuun) m
• Basque: tapoi (eu)
• Belarusian: тампон (be) (tampón) m
• Bulgarian: тампон (bg) (tampón) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (most common translation) 衛生棉條 (cmn), 卫生棉条 (cmn) (wèishēng miántiáo), (alternative translations) 棉塞 (cmn) (miánsāi), 止血塞 (cmn) (zhǐxuè sāi), 衛生栓 (cmn), 卫生栓 (cmn) (wèishēng shuān), 棉條 (cmn), 棉条 (cmn) (miántiáo)

• Czech: tampón (cs) m
• Danish: tampon (da) c
• Dutch: tampon (nl) m
• Finnish: tamponi (fi); haavaside (fi) (for wounds)
• French: tampon (fr) m
• German: Tampon (de) m

• Icelandic: tíðatappi (is) m
• Italian: tampone (it) m, assorbente interno (it) m, stuello (it) m
• Japanese: タンポン (ja) (tanpon)
• Korean: 탐폰 (ko) (tampon)
• Macedonian: тампон (mk) (tampón) m
• Norwegian: tampong (no) m
• Polish: tampon m
• Russian: тампон (ru) (tampón) m, затычка (ru) (zatýčka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̀мпо̄н (sh) m

  Roman: tàmpōn (sh) m

• Spanish: tampón (es) m
• Swedish: tampong (sv) c
• Ukrainian: тампон (uk) (tampón) m
• Vietnamese: tăm-bông (vi), nút gạc (vi)

Verb

tampon (third-person singular simple present tampons, present participle tamponing, simple past and past participle tamponed)

1. (medicine, transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: stuellare (it)

See also

• sanitary napkin, sanitary towel
• tampion

Anagrams

• potman, pot man

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French

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Etymology

Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappo, cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

tampon m (plural tampons)

1. Piece of wood or other material to close an opening.

   …un petit orifice qui, pendant l'emplissage, est bouché par un tampon de bois.

   1. (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone.

      Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.

   2. (boat) Same, closing a leak.

      Tampon d'étoupe.

2. (medical usage) A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid.

   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. - Jules Romains, Hommes de bonne volonté, 1932.

3. tampon to stop menstruation.

   Tampon hygiénique.

4. sponge, piece of porous material.
   1. used for washing.

      tampon à récurer.

   2. to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture.

      vernissage au tampon.

   3. to apply ink.

      Tampon encreur.

5. stamp.

   Donner un coup de tampon.

6. (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute.
   • jouer le rôle de tampon.
   1. In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
7. (chemistry) solution keeping neutral pH.

   Solution tampon.

Synonyms

• (to block an opening) bouchon, tape, tapon
• (tampon) serviette hygiénique
• (stamp) cachet, timbre

Derived terms

• tamponner
  • tamponnage

Descendants

• English: tampon
• German: Tampon
• Portuguese: tampão
• Russian: тампон
• Spanish: tampón

References

• etymology

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Polish

Noun

tampon m

1. tampon

Declension

    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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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tǎmpoːn/
• Hyphenation: tam‧pon

Noun

tàmpōn m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мпо̄н)

1. tampon

Declension

    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