"Tupperware" meaning in All languages combined

See Tupperware on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Tupperware.wav Forms: Tupperware [plural], Tupperwares [plural]
Etymology: From Tupper + -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Tupper|-ware|id2=substance, kind, or use}} Tupper + -ware, {{named-after/list|businessman||||}} businessman, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Earl Tupper}} Earl Tupper, {{named-after|en|Earl Tupper|born=1907|died=1983|nat=American|occ=businessman|wplink==}} Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|Tupperware|s}} Tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural Tupperware or Tupperwares)
  1. A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers. Wikipedia link: Tupperware Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: plastic container, food container, tupperware Related terms: Tupperize, Tupperware lady, Tupperware party Translations (Translations): حَافِظَة طَعَام (alt: ḥāfiẓa(t) ṭaʕām) [feminine] (Arabic), تبرويرة (tabirwēra, tapirwēra) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), tupperware [masculine] (French), τάπερ (táper) (Greek), taparuere [masculine] (Portuguese), tapoer [masculine] (Portuguese), tupperware [masculine] (Portuguese), tupper [masculine] (Spanish), táper [masculine] (Spanish), ทัปเปอร์แวร์ (táp-bpə̂ə-wɛɛ) (Thai)

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