tampon
To plug with a tampon or compressTo plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.
» Do you prefer using sanitary napkins or tampons?
Benutzt du lieber Binden oder Tampons? — Fingerhut
Вы предпочитаете использовать гигиенические прокладки или тампоны? — sharptoothed
Fingerhut · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.
plug with a tampon
Examples
15 sentencesDo you prefer using sanitary napkins or tampons?
ruВы предпочитаете использовать гигиенические прокладки или тампоны? — sharptoothed
deBenutzt du lieber Binden oder Tampons? — Fingerhut
Where are my tampons?
Де мої тампони? — deniko
Can a tampon get lost inside me?
What if I forget to remove my tampon?
How soon can I use tampons after giving birth?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasaliseFirst 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.
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Forms
tampons, tamponing, tamponed, tamponedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.