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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp +‎ -er.

Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German dialectal pampfen (“to cram”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish dialectal pampe (“to boast, brag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæmpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.

2. (dated) To feed luxuriously.

Synonyms

• (treat with indulgence): coddle

Translations

to treat with excessive care, to indulge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬌縱／娇纵 (zh) (jiāozòng), 娇纵 (zh) (jiāozòng), 放縱／放纵 (zh) (fàngzòng), 放纵 (zh) (fàngzòng)

• Czech: hýčkat (cs) impf, rozmazlovat impf, rozmazlit pf
• Danish: forkæle
• Dutch: vertroetelen (nl)
• 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), καλομαθαίνω (el) (kalomathaíno), κακομαθαίνω (el) (kakomathaíno), περιποιούμαι (el) (peripoioúmai)
• Hungarian: kényeztet (hu), (permanently, not reversal:) elkényeztet (hu)
• Italian: coccolare (it)
• Japanese: 甘やかす (あまやかす, amayakasu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: mōrigerō
• Macedonian: размази (razmazi), мази (mazi)
• Malay: manja
• Maori: morimori, nānā
• Norwegian: dulle med
• Portuguese: paparicar, mimar (pt)
• Romanian: răsfăța (ro), alinta (ro)
• Russian: балова́ть (ru) impf (balovátʹ), избалова́ть (ru) pf (izbalovátʹ), изне́живать (ru) impf (iznéživatʹ), изне́жить (ru) pf (iznéžitʹ), ублажа́ть (ru) impf (ublažátʹ), ублажи́ть (ru) pf (ublažítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: razmaziti (sh), размазити
• Spanish: mimar (es), consentir (es), malacostumbrar, (Chile) regalonear (es), tener entre algodones
• Swedish: dalta (sv)
• Thai: เอาใจ (th) (ao-jai)

Anagrams

• mapper, pampre, pre-amp, preamp

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Dutch

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Pampers brand of diapers, perhaps from English pamper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛmpər/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmpər

Noun

pamper m (plural pampers, diminutive pampertje n)

1. a diaper

Synonyms

• luier