"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 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. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1848}} 1848, {{etydate|1848}} First attested in 1848, {{bor|en|fr|tampon}} French tampon, {{der|en|frm|tampon}} Middle French tampon, {{der|en|fro|tape|t=plug, bung, tap}} Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), {{der|en|frk|*tappō|t=stopper, plug}} Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*tappô|t=plug, tap}} Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), {{cog|goh|zapfo|t=stopper}} Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), {{cog|ang|tæppa|t=stopper}} Old English tæppa (“stopper”), {{doublet|en|tampion}} Doublet of tampion 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), 棉塞 (miánsāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 止血塞 (zhǐxuè sāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 衛生栓 /卫生栓 (wèishēng shuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 棉條 /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), támpax [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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  2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
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  3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
    Sense id: en-tampon-en-noun-8uwLASiD Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 7 38 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 18 33 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emotional tampon, nasal tampon, tampo, tampography, Tampon Tim

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 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. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1848}} 1848, {{etydate|1848}} First attested in 1848, {{bor|en|fr|tampon}} French tampon, {{der|en|frm|tampon}} Middle French tampon, {{der|en|fro|tape|t=plug, bung, tap}} Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), {{der|en|frk|*tappō|t=stopper, plug}} Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*tappô|t=plug, tap}} Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), {{cog|goh|zapfo|t=stopper}} Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), {{cog|ang|tæppa|t=stopper}} Old English tæppa (“stopper”), {{doublet|en|tampion}} Doublet of tampion 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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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
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        {
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          "_dis": "65 2 12 21",
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        {
          "ref": "1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:",
          "text": "The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "inserted"
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          "body cavity"
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          "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"
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          "word": "tampon"
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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": "سِدَادَة"
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        {
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          "roman": "sidāda quṭniyya",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "tampon",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "տամպոն"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampon"
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          "_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",
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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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        {
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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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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "(most common translation) 衛生棉條 /卫生棉条 (wèishēng miántiáo)",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material"
        },
        {
          "_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",
          "roman": "wèishēng shuān",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "衛生栓 /卫生栓"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miántiáo",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "棉條 /棉条"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tampón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tampon"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tampon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "tampoon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "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",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "for wounds",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "word": "haavaside"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "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"
          ],
          "word": "Tampon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "tampón",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ταμπόν"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
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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",
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          "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "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"
        },
        {
          "_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"
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        {
          "_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"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "roman": "tampon",
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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"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tamponas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "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": "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"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "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",
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          "word": "tampão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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          "word": "tampon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "тампо́н"
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          "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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          "word": "та̀мпо̄н"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tampón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tampon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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          "word": "tampong"
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          "word": "дока"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "word": "แทมพอน"
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        {
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          "word": "ผ้าอนามัย"
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        {
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "pâa-à-naa-mai bɛ̀ɛp sɔ̀ɔt",
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "тампо́н"
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        {
          "_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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      "tags": [
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      "word": "tíðatappi"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "tampon"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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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",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanpon",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "タンポン"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "tyğyn",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "тығын"
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      "word": "탐폰"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "code": "ms",
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    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "puru taiawa"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "تامپون"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "та̀мпо̄н"
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      "word": "tampón"
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      "code": "sl",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "tampon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tampón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "támpax"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "code": "tg",
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      "word": "тампон"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "latta",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "латта"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "doka",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "дока"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "tɛm-pɔ̂n",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "แทมพอน"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "pâa-à-naa-mai",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "ผ้าอนามัย"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "pâa-à-naa-mai bɛ̀ɛp sɔ̀ɔt",
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      "word": "ผ้าอนามัยแบบสอด"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "tampon"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tampón",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
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      "word": "тампо́н"
    },
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      "code": "uz",
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      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "tampon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "tăm-bông"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "nút gạc"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tampon",
      "sense": "a plug of cotton or other absorbent material",
      "word": "טאַמפּאָן"
    }
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}

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      "word": "тампонирам"
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      "word": "tamponar"
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      "word": "stuellare"
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