tampon.
plug, stopper
Meaning & usage
plug, stopper
un tampon de bois
plug, stopper pad (for a flute, saxophone)
Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.
plug, stopper (for closing a leak)
tampon d'étoupe
swab
tampon (menstrual product)
tampon hygiénique
sponge, pad (piece of porous material) used for washing
tampon à récurer
sponge, pad (piece of porous material) to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture
vernissage au tampon
sponge, pad (piece of porous material) to apply ink
tampon encreur
stamp
donner un coup de tampon
mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute
jouer le rôle de tampon
mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
Cette zone accueillerait une partie des 3,6 millions de réfugiés syriens et ferait office de zone tampon avec la Syrie.
buffer
solution tampon
buffer
buffer
Where this word comes from
Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.
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