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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dia•per /ˈdaɪpɚ, ˈdaɪəpɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a piece of folded cloth or other absorbent material worn as underpants by a baby:throwaway paper diapers.
v. [~ + object] - to put a diaper on:diapered the baby.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dia•per (dī′pər, dī′ə pər),USA pronunciation n. - a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- TextilesAlso called dia′per cloth′. a linen or cotton fabric with a woven pattern of small, constantly repeated figures, as diamonds.
- TextilesAlso called dia′per pat′tern. such a pattern, originally used in the Middle Ages in weaving silk and gold.
v.t. - to put a diaper on.
- Textilesto ornament with a diaperlike pattern.
- Medieval Greek díaspros pure white, equivalent. to Greek di- di3 + Medieval Greek áspros white
- Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper
- Anglo-French dia(s)p(r)e
- Middle English diapre 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: diaper /ˈdaɪəpə/ n - US Canadian a piece of soft material, esp towelling or a disposable material, wrapped around a baby in order to absorb its excrement
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): nappy - a woven pattern on fabric consisting of a small repeating design, esp diamonds
- such a pattern, used as decoration
vb - (transitive) to decorate with such a pattern
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper, from Medieval Greek diaspros pure white, from dia- + aspros white, shining |