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語源

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”), 古期英語 tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [ˈtʰæmpɒn]
• (General American) IPA: [ˈtʰæmpɑn]
• 韻: -æmpɑn

名詞

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.
   • 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:

     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.

   • 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 145:

     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.

2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

同意語

• (intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood): vampire's teabag (slang)

派生語

動詞

tampon (third-person singular simple present tampons, present participle tamponing or (dated) tamponning, simple past and past participle tamponed or (dated) tamponned)

1. (medicine, transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.

参考

• sanitary napkin, sanitary towel
• tampion

アナグラム

• pot man, potman, topman