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See also: PAMP
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampelje, Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”), German pampfen, bamben, Norwegian pampa (“to stuff oneself”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -æmp
Verb
[edit]pamp (third-person singular simple present pamps, present participle pamping, simple past and past participle pamped)
- (transitive, archaic) To pamper.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly ABDL) To put someone in pampers (a diaper).
Anagrams
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]pamp c
- (somewhat derogatory) a person (with autocratic tendencies) in a powerful position (especially within a trade union or politics), a big cheese
Declension
[edit]Declension of pamp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pamp | pampen | pampar | pamparna |
Genitive | pamps | pampens | pampars | pamparnas |
Derived terms
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle Low German
- English terms derived from Old Saxon
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Rhymes:English/æmp
- Rhymes:English/æmp/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with archaic senses
- English informal terms
- en:ABDL
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish derogatory terms