tampion
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#TAMPIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#TAMPION tampioun, variant of tampon, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#TAMPION tampon, a nasalised form of tapon, from FrankishCategory:English terms derived from Frankish#TAMPION *tappō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#TAMPION *tappô. More at tampon.
Pronunciation
Noun
tampion (plural tampions)Category:English lemmas#TAMPIONCategory:English nouns#TAMPIONCategory:English countable nouns#TAMPIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TAMPIONCategory:Pages with entries#TAMPIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#TAMPION
- A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover, for the muzzle of a gun, cannon, or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung.
- (musicCategory:en:Music#TAMPION) A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.
- Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”)Category:English obsolete forms#TAMPION.
Translations
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See also
References
- “tampion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tampion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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Finnish
Noun
tampionCategory:Finnish non-lemma forms#TAMPIONCategory:Finnish noun forms#TAMPIONCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#TAMPIONCategory:Pages with entries#TAMPIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#TAMPION