Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.

  2. A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.

  3. (obsolete, uncountable)A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.

More definitions
  • garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement

Examples

29 sentences

  1. I need nappies for my baby.

    Мені потрібні пелюшки для дитини. — User55521

    ruМне нужны подгузники для ребёнка. — marafon

    tokzyk · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I don't know how to change a nappy.

    ruЯ не знаю, как поменять подгузник. — odexed

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  3. You can't even change a nappy.

    Ти навіть памперс не можеш поміняти. — deniko

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  4. I have to change the baby's nappy.

    Я маю поміняти дитині памперс. — deniko

    ruМне надо поменять ребёнку памперс. — marafon

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  5. Tom needs a nappy change.

    Тому вже час поміняти підгузник. — deniko

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Origin

A diminutive in -y. The base is probably napkin but possibly French nappe directly (note t

A diminutive in -y. The base is probably napkin but possibly French nappe directly (note that napkin is already a diminutive).

From Middle English nap, from Old English hnæp, hnæpp, hnæpf (“cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“bowl, goblet, cup”). See hanaper.

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Forms

plural: nappies
Singularnappy
Pluralnappies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
diaperB1napkinA2
Close in meaning
  • garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement:diapernapkin

Word family

51 related words
Derivedall-in-one nappyall-in-two nappybirth-to-potty nappycloth nappydisposable nappyfitted nappyflat nappyhybrid nappynappy areanappy bagnappy banknappy binnappy bucketnappy cakenappy changernappy checknappy covernappy creamnappy fastenernappy flatnappyfulnappy insertnappy librarynappy liner

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
napenapkinA2napoleonnarcnarcissismnarcissist

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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