# diaper
## English
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdaɪ(ə)pə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧per, dia‧per
* Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ), -aɪəpə(ɹ)

### Noun

diaper (countable and uncountable, plural diapers)
* (Canada, US, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.
* 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.
* A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
** c. 1590–1592 (date written), 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, [Act I, scene iii]:Let one attend him with a silver basin, […] / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.
* The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
* Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

#### Synonyms

* (absorbent garment): nappy (British, Australia); napkin (British, South African)

#### Derived terms

* all-in-one diaper
* all-in-two diaper
* bediaper
* birth-to-potty diaper
* blue diaper syndrome
* chin diaper
* cloth diaper
* contour diaper
* diaper-baby
* diaper bag
* diaper bank
* diaper briefs
* diaper bucket
* diaperbutt
* diaper cake
* diaper changer
* diaper check
* diaper corset
* diaper cover
* diaper deck
* Diaper Don
* diaper doubler
* diaper fastener
* diaper flat
* diaperful
* diaperfur
* diaperhead
* diaperhood
* diaper insert
* diaperish
* diaperism
* diaperless
* diaper library
* diaperlike
* diaper lover
* diaper pail
* diaper pants
* diaper pin
* diaper pod
* diaper rash
* diaper service
* diaperslut
* diaper sniper
* diaper stuffing
* diaperwork
* diaper wrap
* diapie
* disposable diaper
* face diaper
* fitted diaper
* flat diaper
* hybrid diaper
* Israeli Diaper Forces
* meat diaper
* night diaper
* nighttime diaper
* one-size diaper
* OS diaper
* overnight diaper
* paper diaper
* pocket diaper
* pool diaper
* real diaper
* red-diaper
* red diaper baby
* red-diaper baby
* rediaper
* Russian diaper
* shaped diaper
* sleep diaper
* snap-in-one diaper
* spreader diaper
* stuffable diaper
* swim diaper
* swimming diaper
* terry diaper
* undiaper
* washable diaper

#### Translations
### Verb

diaper (third-person singular simple present diapers, present participle diapering, simple past and past participle diapered)
* To put diapers on someone.
    Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
** 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 […]
* 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.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Piedra, aperid, paired, pardie, piedra, repaid

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old French dyapre.

#### Noun

diaper
* Alternative form of dyaper

### Etymology 2

From Old French diaprer.

#### Verb

diaper
* Alternative form of dyapren