tampon

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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.

Verb

To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.

Concetti

tampone

assorbente interno

stuello

tamponare

zaffo

stuellare

sinonimi

plug

pledget

stopper

wad

block up

bung

choke up

clog

halt

ink pad

jam

land up

lug

obstruct

occlude

screen

stanch

staunch

stem

stemming

stopple

stuff

tent

⛺

wadding

wick

plugger

cotton plug

bar

cotton-wool tampon

block

blockade

block off

Traduzioni

tampón

tampon

Tampon

tampon

tampó

tampão

tapón

Binde

ταμπόν

تامبون

Stöpsel

Mullbinde

Wattebausch

سدادة قطنية

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈtʰæmpɒn]

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine tedesco antico alto: zapfo

Affine inglese antico: tæppa

In summary

First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.