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): /ˈdaɪ(ə)pə/
• (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.
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:

     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 adult 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, South African)

派生語

• diaperhood
• diaperism
• diaperwork
• face diaper
• 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.
   • 2019, Michael Bent, Rosalie Bent, Understanding Adult Babies: Their Psychology and Lifestyles

     I diaper myself or she helps Diaper me and sometimes I get to wet them, she knows I like that. And she whispers in my ear that "baby wants to make a cummie in his Diapers […]

   Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.

2. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
   • 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman

     If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken.