"tampon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [ˈtʰæmpɒn] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈtʰæmpɑn] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tampon.wav Forms: tampons [plural]
Rhymes: -æmpɑn Etymology: First attested in 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. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1848}} 1848, {{etydate|1848}} First attested in 1848., {{bor|en|fr|tampon}} French tampon, {{der|en|frm|tampion}} Middle French tampion, {{der|en|fro|tape|t=plug, bung, tap}} Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), {{der|en|frk|*tappo|t=stopper, plug}} Frankish *tappo (“stopper, plug”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*tappô|t=plug, tap}} Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), {{cog|goh|zapfo||stopper}} Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), {{cog|ang|tæppa||stopper}} Old English tæppa (“stopper”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tampon (plural tampons)
  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. Categories (topical): Menstruation Synonyms (intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood): vampire's teabag [slang] Translations (a plug of cotton or other absorbent material): tampon [masculine] (Albanian), μοτός (motós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), μοτάριον (motárion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), سِدَادَة (sidāda) [feminine] (Arabic), سِدَادَة قُطْنِيَّة (sidāda quṭniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), تامْپون (tampon) [masculine] (Arabic), տամպոն (tampon) (Armenian), tampon (Azerbaijani), tapoi (Basque), тампо́н (tampón) [masculine] (Belarusian), тампо́н (tampón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 卫生棉条 (wèishēng miántiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 棉塞 (miánsāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 止血塞 (zhǐxuè sāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 衛生栓 (Chinese Mandarin), 卫生栓 (wèishēng shuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 棉條 (Chinese Mandarin), 棉条 (miántiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), tampón [masculine] (Czech), tampon [common-gender] (Danish), tampon [masculine] (Dutch), tampoon (Estonian), mánasjúkutvørri (Faroese), tamponi (Finnish), haavaside (note: for wounds) (Finnish), tampon [masculine] (French), ტამპონი (ṭamṗoni) (Georgian), Tampon [masculine] (German), ταμπόν (tampón) [neuter] (Greek), טַמְפּוֹן (tampón) [masculine] (Hebrew), तंपन (tampan) (Hindi), tampon (Hungarian), tíðatappi [masculine] (Icelandic), túrtappi [masculine] (Icelandic), tampon (Indonesian), tampone [masculine] (Italian), assorbente interno [masculine] (Italian), stuello [masculine] (Italian), タンポン (tanpon) (Japanese), тығын (tyğyn) (Kazakh), тампон (tampon) (Kazakh), 탐폰 (tampon) (Korean), тампон (tampon) (Kyrgyz), tampons [masculine] (Latvian), tamponas [masculine] (Lithuanian), тампо́н (tampón) [masculine] (Macedonian), tampon (Malay), puru taiawa (Maori), tampong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تامپون (tâmpon) (Persian), tampon [masculine] (Polish), absorvente interno [masculine] (Portuguese), tampão [feminine] (Portuguese), tampon [neuter] (Romanian), тампо́н (tampón) [masculine] (Russian), заты́чка (zatýčka) [feminine] (Russian), та̀мпо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tàmpōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tampón [masculine] (Slovak), tampon [masculine] (Slovene), tampón [masculine] (Spanish), tampong [common-gender] (Swedish), тампон (tampon) (Tajik), латта (latta) (Tajik), дока (doka) (Tajik), แทมพอน (tɛm-pɔ̂n) (Thai), ผ้าอนามัย (pâa-à-naa-mai) (Thai), ผ้าอนามัยแบบสอด (pâa-à-naa-mai bɛ̀ɛp sɔ̀ɔt) (Thai), tampon (Turkish), тампо́н (tampón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tampon (Uzbek), tăm-bông (Vietnamese), nút gạc (Vietnamese), טאַמפּאָן (tampon) (Yiddish)
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translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Yiddish translations 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28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 18 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 36 15 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 14 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 8 29 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 38 13 29 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 37 14 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with 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  2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
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  3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emotional tampon, nasal tampon, tampo, tampography

Verb

IPA: [ˈtʰæmpɒn] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈtʰæmpɑn] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tampon.wav Forms: tampons [present, singular, third-person], tamponing [participle, present], tamponning [participle, present], tamponed [participle, past], tamponed [past], tamponned [participle, past], tamponned [past]
Rhymes: -æmpɑn Etymology: First attested in 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. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1848}} 1848, {{etydate|1848}} First attested in 1848., {{bor|en|fr|tampon}} French tampon, {{der|en|frm|tampion}} Middle French tampion, {{der|en|fro|tape|t=plug, bung, tap}} Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), {{der|en|frk|*tappo|t=stopper, plug}} Frankish *tappo (“stopper, plug”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*tappô|t=plug, tap}} Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), {{cog|goh|zapfo||stopper}} Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), {{cog|ang|tæppa||stopper}} Old English tæppa (“stopper”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=tamponned|pres_ptc2=tamponning}} tampon (third-person singular simple present tampons, present participle tamponing or tamponning, simple past and past participle tamponed or tamponned)
  1. (medicine, transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: sanitary napkin, sanitary towel, tampion Translations (Translations): тампонирам (tamponiram) (Bulgarian), tamponar (Catalan), stuellare (Italian), tamponare (Italian)
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            "Gynaecology",
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            "Female",
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          "ref": "1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 145",
          "text": "I examined a tampon, from the outside only without removing the wrapper because I did not want to waste one, and considered aloud the consequences of pushing the offensively shaped object into my vagina.",
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        }
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          "menstruation"
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          "_dis1": "55 8 37",
          "sense": "intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "vampire's teabag"
        }
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sidāda",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سِدَادَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sidāda quṭniyya",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "سِدَادَة قُطْنِيَّة"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "تامْپون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "տամպոն"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tapoi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тампо́н"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "тампо́н"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "(most common translation) 衛生棉條",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wèishēng miántiáo",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "卫生棉条"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "(alternative translations) 止血栓 (zhǐxuèshuān)",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miánsāi",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "棉塞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǐxuè sāi",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "止血塞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "衛生栓"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wèishēng shuān",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "卫生栓"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "棉條"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miántiáo",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tampón"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "word": "tampon"
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "mánasjúkutvørri"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tamponi"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "note": "for wounds",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "haavaside"
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tampon"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "ṭamṗoni",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "ტამპონი"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Tampon"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "tampón",
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "roman": "motós",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "μοτός"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
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          "roman": "motárion",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "μοτάριον"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "טַמְפּוֹן"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tampan",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "तंपन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tíðatappi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "túrtappi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "assorbente interno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stuello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanpon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "タンポン"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tyğyn",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "тығын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "тампон"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "탐폰"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "тампон"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampons"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tamponas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тампо́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "puru taiawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tampong"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tâmpon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "تامپون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "absorvente interno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tampão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "тампо́н"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zatýčka",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заты́чка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "та̀мпо̄н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tàmpōn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tampon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tampong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "тампон"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "latta",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "латта"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "doka",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "дока"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tɛm-pɔ̂n",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "แทมพอน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pâa-à-naa-mai",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "ผ้าอนามัย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pâa-à-naa-mai bɛ̀ɛp sɔ̀ɔt",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "ผ้าอนามัยแบบสอด"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тампо́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tăm-bông"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "nút gạc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "טאַמפּאָן"
        }
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      "note": "(alternative translations) 止血栓 (zhǐxuèshuān)",
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      "word": "ტამპონი"
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "word": "stuello"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "タンポン"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "тығын"
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      "word": "탐폰"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "tăm-bông"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "word": "טאַמפּאָן"
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