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lithographic
English
Etymology
lithograph +? -ic
Adjective
lithographic (not comparable)
- (printing) Related to the method of lithography.
Derived terms
Translations
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- what is lithographic press
tampon
English
Etymology
[1848] Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampion, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappo (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). More at tap.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [?t?æmp?n]
- (General American) IPA(key): [?t?æmp?n]
Noun
tampon (plural tampons)
- 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.
- A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
- An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Synonyms
- (intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood): vampire's teabag (slang)
Derived terms
- emotional tampon
Translations
Verb
tampon (third-person singular simple present tampons, present participle tamponing or tamponning, simple past and past participle tamponed or tamponned)
- (medicine, transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.
Translations
See also
- sanitary napkin, sanitary towel
- tampion
Anagrams
- pot man, potman, topman
French
Etymology
Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.p??/
Noun
tampon m (plural tampons)
- Piece of wood or other material to close an opening.
- (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone.
- (boat) Same, closing a leak.
- (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone.
- (medicine) A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid.
- tampon to stop menstruation.
- sponge, piece of porous material.
- used for washing.
- to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture.
- to apply ink.
- used for washing.
- stamp.
- (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute.
- In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
- In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
- (chemistry) buffer
- (computing) buffer
- Elastic part that prevents damaging when a collision occurs, e.g. buffer in rail transport.
Synonyms
- (to block an opening): bouchon, tape, tapon
- (tampon): serviette hygiénique
- (stamp): cachet, timbre
Derived terms
- tamponner
- tamponnage
- tamponnade
- zone tampon
Descendants
- English: tampon
- German: Tampon
- Dutch: tampon
- Italian: tampone
- Japanese: ???? (tanpon)
- Korean: ?? (tampon)
- Portuguese: tampão
- Russian: ??????? (tampón)
- Spanish: tampón
References
- “tapon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “tampon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Etymology
From French tampon, from Middle French tampion, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappo (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tam.p?n/
Noun
tampon m inan (diminutive tamponik)
- (medicine) tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) tamponowa?
Related terms
- (noun) tamponada
Further reading
- tampon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- tampon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French tampon.
Noun
tampon n (plural tampoane)
- buffer
- tampon
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?mpo?n/
- Hyphenation: tam?pon
Noun
tàmp?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- tampon
Declension
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