# pampers
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

Genericized trademark of Pampers, itself from pamper.

#### Alternative forms

* pamper
* Pampers

#### Noun

pampers (plural pampers)
* (informal) A diaper or nappy (an absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent).
** 1988, Hunger Emergency in America: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture and the Domestic Task Force of the Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office, page 133:Ms. Deborah Manzer. So when I can only get pampers and their personal things, soap and shampoo, and detergent for their clothes, that $25 is gone, so there is no money for excess food toward the end of the month.
** 2016, Lawrence Millman, chapter 23, in At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 79:After we landed on the island, I could now see the object Markassie had pointed to—a lone pampers stuck (or frozen?) to the rocks several feet above the high tide mark. A pampers—from where might Hudson Bay’s notoriously whimsical currents have brought it?
** 2017, Ann O’Leary, Ilana Gabrielle Raskind, Melissa Turner, “Food Insecurity Experienced by Women Living in Poverty”, in Ann O’Leary, Paula M. Frew, editors, Poverty in the United States: Women’s Voices, Springer, →ISBN, page 58:As I say, we’re both out of work and both of them are still in pampers. So, it’s kind of hard … to … buy pampers for the babies. […] —Interviewee, Raleigh/Durham, NC
** 2022 January 29, “Moment four men wore pampers to bank in Epe (Photos, video)”, in P.M. News‎:A trending video has surfaced online where four men wore pampers to a branch of a new generation bank in Epe, Lagos to withdraw money.
** 2022 August 10, Kerry Burke, Thomas Tracy, “Three Trinitarios-linked gang members arrested for grisly 2020 Bronx double murder, ‘We just want justice,’ one victim’s wife says”, in New York Daily News‎:Nunez knew one of the victims, Richard Dominguez, since he was “in pampers,” his sister told the Daily News on Wednesday.
** 2022 August 13, Griffin Conant, “NFL Preseason odds: Cowboys vs. Broncos prediction, odds and pick – 8/13/2022”, in ClutchPoints‎:In fact, most of the young standouts on this Dallas squad were still in pampers when the Cowboys last hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.
** 2022 August 15, “Echoes From The Valley”, in Sahara Reporters‎:Excited but ignorant children ran helter-skelter, some half naked, some in pampers; […].

##### Derived terms

* pamps

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pampers
* third-person singular simple present indicative of pamper

### Anagrams

* mappers, pampres, pre-amps, preamps

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Russian памперс (pampers), from the genericized trademark Pampers, from English pamper.

### Noun

pampers (definite accusative pampersi, plural pamperslər)
* diaper
    Synonym: sidikhopduran

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pampers
* plural of pamper

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English pampers, a Genericized trademark of Pampers.

### Noun

pampers
* diaper, nappy
    Synonym: diaper

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Pampers. Genericized trademark.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpam.pɛrs/
* Rhymes: -ampɛrs
* Syllabification: pam‧pers

### Noun

pampers m inan
* (informal) diaper (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* pampers in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pampers, a genericized trademark of Pampers, from English pamper.

### Noun

pampers m (plural pamperși)
* (informal) diaper
    Synonym: scutec

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Genericized trademark from English Pampers, by Procter & Gamble (P&G), from English pamper.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpampeɾs/ [ˈpam.pəɹs]
* Rhymes: -ampeɾs
* Syllabification: pam‧pers

### Noun

pampers (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔)
* (colloquial) diaper
    Synonyms: lampin, dayaper

### Further reading

* “pampers”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018