"tampon" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tɑ̃.pɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-tampon.ogg Forms: tampons [plural]
Etymology: Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|tapon}} tapon, {{der|fr|frk|*tappo}} Frankish *tappo, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*tappô||plug, tap}} Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), {{cog|nl|tappe}} Dutch tappe, {{cog|de|Zapfen}} German Zapfen, {{cog|ang|tæppa}} Old English tæppa, {{cog|en|tap}} English tap Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tampon m (plural tampons)
  1. plug, stopper
    (music) pad (for a flute, saxophone)
    Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-zSKU8Joj Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. plug, stopper
    (nautical) (for closing a leak)
    Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-qDCXHobI Topics: nautical, transport
  3. plug, stopper Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-d1tn5XUF
  4. (medicine) swab Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-buvaffvP Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. tampon (menstrual product) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-30WCjzim
  6. sponge, pad (piece of porous material)
    used for washing
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-aYSXPYwP
  7. sponge, pad (piece of porous material)
    to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-ubzUsZJ- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 2 5 0 2 17 1 3 11 11 10 13 13
  8. sponge, pad (piece of porous material)
    to apply ink
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-s4gBA~BI
  9. stamp Tags: masculine Synonyms (stamp): cachet, timbre
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-4K~Nv2rU Disambiguation of 'stamp': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  10. (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-U6Hmvsxh
  11. (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute
    In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
    Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-x7ZMWbsG
  12. (chemistry) buffer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-0MqMKsDa Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  13. (computing) buffer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms (to block an opening): bouchon, tape, tapon
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-0MqMKsDa1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to block an opening': 8 6 6 10 1 6 5 3 0 5 5 13 18 13
  14. (rail transport) buffer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-tampon-fr-noun-0MqMKsDa1 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (tampon): serviette hygiénique Derived forms: zone tampon Derived forms (tamponner): tamponnage, tamponnade
Disambiguation of 'tampon': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'tamponner': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tampon meaning in French (10.2kB)

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          "english": "He went up to his room on the first floor to look for a small ball of cotton wool; then, since the blood was dry and stuck to the porcelain, he moistened the cotton slightly before rubbing.",
          "ref": "1932, Jules Romains, Hommes de bonne volonté",
          "text": "Il monta chercher dans sa chambre, au premier étage, un petit tampon d’ouate; puis, comme le sang était sec et collait à la porcelaine, il humecta légèrement le coton avant de frotter.",
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          "english": "French polishing",
          "text": "vernissage au tampon",
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          "english": "to stamp",
          "text": "donner un coup de tampon",
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          "english": "to act as a buffer",
          "text": "jouer le rôle de tampon",
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}
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tampon"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tampon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tampon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Tampon"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Tampon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Tampon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "tampon"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: tampon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: tampon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tampone"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tampone",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tampone"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "タンポン"
          },
          "expansion": "タンポン (tanpon)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Japanese: タンポン (tanpon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "탐폰"
          },
          "expansion": "탐폰 (tampon)",
          "name": "ko-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Korean: 탐폰 (tampon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "tampão"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: tampão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: tampão"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "тампо́н"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: тампо́н (tampón)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: тампо́н (tampón)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tampón"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: tampón",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: tampón"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "tapon"
      },
      "expansion": "tapon",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*tappo"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tappô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plug, tap"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "tappe"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tappe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zapfen"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zapfen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tæppa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tæppa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tap"
      },
      "expansion": "English tap",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tampons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tampon m (plural tampons)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of French usage examples",
        "fr:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plug, stopper",
        "pad (for a flute, saxophone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "stopper",
          "stopper"
        ],
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ],
        [
          "flute",
          "flute#English"
        ],
        [
          "saxophone",
          "saxophone#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "plug, stopper",
        "(music) pad (for a flute, saxophone)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of French usage examples",
        "fr:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tampon d’étoupe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plug, stopper",
        "(for closing a leak)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "stopper",
          "stopper"
        ],
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "leak",
          "leak#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "plug, stopper",
        "(nautical) (for closing a leak)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a wooden stopper",
          "text": "un tampon de bois",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plug, stopper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "stopper",
          "stopper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations",
        "fr:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He went up to his room on the first floor to look for a small ball of cotton wool; then, since the blood was dry and stuck to the porcelain, he moistened the cotton slightly before rubbing.",
          "ref": "1932, Jules Romains, Hommes de bonne volonté",
          "text": "Il monta chercher dans sa chambre, au premier étage, un petit tampon d’ouate; puis, comme le sang était sec et collait à la porcelaine, il humecta légèrement le coton avant de frotter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "swab",
          "swab"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) swab"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "tampon",
          "text": "tampon hygiénique",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tampon (menstrual product)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tampon",
          "tampon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "scourer, scouring pad",
          "text": "tampon à récurer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sponge, pad (piece of porous material)",
        "used for washing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "French polishing",
          "text": "vernissage au tampon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sponge, pad (piece of porous material)",
        "to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ],
        [
          "varnish",
          "varnish"
        ],
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ink pad",
          "text": "tampon encreur",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sponge, pad (piece of porous material)",
        "to apply ink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ],
        [
          "ink",
          "ink"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to stamp",
          "text": "donner un coup de tampon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stamp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stamp",
          "stamp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to act as a buffer",
          "text": "jouer le rôle de tampon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mitigator",
          "mitigator"
        ],
        [
          "mediator",
          "mediator"
        ],
        [
          "buffer",
          "buffer"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of French usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cette zone accueillerait une partie des 3,6 millions de réfugiés syriens et ferait office de zone tampon avec la Syrie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute",
        "In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mitigator",
          "mitigator"
        ],
        [
          "mediator",
          "mediator"
        ],
        [
          "buffer",
          "buffer"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ],
        [
          "solution tampon",
          "solution tampon"
        ],
        [
          "État tampon",
          "État tampon"
        ],
        [
          "zone tampon",
          "zone tampon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute",
        "In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Chemistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "buffer solution",
          "text": "solution tampon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "buffer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "buffer",
          "buffer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) buffer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "buffer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "buffer",
          "buffer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) buffer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "buffer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "buffer",
          "buffer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) buffer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.pɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-tampon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Fr-tampon.ogg/Fr-tampon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Fr-tampon.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to block an opening",
      "word": "bouchon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to block an opening",
      "word": "tape"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to block an opening",
      "word": "tapon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "tampon",
      "word": "serviette hygiénique"
    },
    {
      "sense": "stamp",
      "word": "cachet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "stamp",
      "word": "timbre"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fr:tampon"
  ],
  "word": "tampon"
}

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