diaper (redirected from diapers)

di·a·per  (d-pr, dpr)

n.

1.

a. A folded piece of absorbent material, such as paper or cloth, that is placed between a baby's legs and fastened at the waist to contain excretions.

b. A similar piece of material, worn by incontinent adults.

2.

a. A white cotton or linen fabric patterned with small, duplicative diamond-shaped figures.

b. A piece of such cloth.

c. Such a pattern.

tr.v. di·a·pered, di·a·per·ing, di·a·pers

1. To put a diaper on.

2. To weave or decorate in a diamond-shaped pattern.

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[Middle English, a patterned fabric, from Old French diapre, diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprum, a white silken material, from Medieval Greek diaspros, pure white : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + aspros, white (probably from Latin asper, rough).]

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diaper

Noun

US & Canad a nappy [Medieval Greek diaspros pure white]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	diaper - garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement nappy, napkin garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
	2.	diaper - a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

Translations

diaper [ˈdaɪəpəʳ] n (US) → pañal m

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diaper [ˈdaɪəpəʳ] n (US) → couche f

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diaper [ˈdaɪəpəʳ] (US) n → Windel f

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diaper [ˈdaɪəpəʳ] n (US) → pannolino