diaperとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English dyaper, from Old French dyapre, diaspre, from Medieval Latin diaspra, diasprum from Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (díaspros, adj), from δια- (dia-, “across”) + ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəpə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/
• 韻: -aɪpə(ɹ), -aɪəpə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: di‧a‧per, dia‧per

名詞

diaper (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 diapers)

1. A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.

2. A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
   • Shakespeare

     Let one attend him with a silver basin, […] / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.

3. (Canada, 米国用法) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an older person who is incontinent; a nappy.
4. The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
5. Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

同意語

• (absorbent garment): nappy (英国用法, Australia); napkin (英国用法, 古風な用法); napkin (South African)

派生語

• diaperhood
• diaperism
• diaperwork
• incontinence diaper

動詞

diaper (三人称単数 現在形 diapers, 現在分詞 diapering, 過去形および過去分詞形 diapered)

1. To put diapers on someone.

   Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.

2. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
   • Peacham

     If you diaper on folds.

アナグラム

• Piedra, aperid, paired, pardie, piedra, repaid