Words For Diaper In Various Languages

[Raccoon]

Please list a language and the words for diaper in it, describing the use of the word: does it include diapers in general, or specifically refer to plastic pants, disposables, or cloth? Is it slang or proper? Is it a brand-made-generic (like Hoover, Biro, Kleenex) ? I know "Pamper" now means "diaper" in some Hispanic countries, and Huggies can be a generic, as in "Maggie fudged her Huggies." (Simpsons) I have a feeling "Goodnights" is getting to be a generic meaning the underwear-like diaper for kids, and "Depends" is sometimes used generically for "adult diaper" (among the great unwashed, not among we aficionados.)

Dictionaries don't help with other than a broad meaning; so I am asking exactly how certain words are used: let's start with pilchers, Windeln, couches culottes, omutsu, and Blöja

 

[skinnypuppy]

I put some speculation in the other thread, but I know that "windel" is diaper in German, and the "n" on the end makes it plural.

 

[Aki]

General use of the word, on the packaging of the baby diapers themselves:

Spanish: Pañal
French: Couche

Omutsu is the Japanese word for diaper. And I'm pretty sure it's the general baby diaper term too.

 

[Rheeer]

I've had to learn a little bit of numerous languages, as a lot of the best ab/dl picture sites are overseas. *grin* I can't think of anything offhand, but when I do I'll be back to this.

Oh..."album" is the same in English and French. I know that.

 

[babibear]

Don't the English call them Nappies?

 

[Rheeer]

Don't the English call them Nappies?

Indeed they do. Some more for 'diaper.'

Italian: pannolino
Portuguese: fralda

And such.

 

[Acecool]

English: Diaper - Diapers
Oxford: Nappy - Nappies
German: Windel - Windeln (VinDell - VinDelln)
French: Couche - Couches (pronounced coosh or cooshes)

 

[Prussic_aux]

British, NZ, and Australian english: Nappies (usually), Diapers (that's what I say, I don't usually like to say nappies).

 

[Garnetical]

Hebrew: hitool or titool , the hitool announced as some sort of a j or well its a hebrew letter known as "het" lathough you put a litterizing mark on the H to make it sound like it comes from your throat , cant really explain
you use it in a sentence for example "the baby wet her hitool/titool"
extra info:
Hitool = חיתול
Titool = טיתול I hope that helps ^^

 

[Elli]

I'm not too hot on languages. I know the Makaton sign language action for nappy, but that's hard to type!! It's using two fingers (in the shape when you make a gun with your hand) touching them to your hips, then moving them simultaneously from your hips, further towards your tummy, mimicking the action of tapes.

Yeah, in the UK we say nappy/nappies. It's widely believed and probably already explained somewhere here that this was originally a derivative of the word 'napkin', a piece of cloth. I've read that 'Diapering' was originally the pattern used to make them from cloth. Later the cloth itself became known as the diaper cloth and then the word 'diaper' continued.

 

[Kovy]

"Maggie fudged her Huggies."

"Oh, Bart, you don't have to say it like that!" Sniffs. "How could she turn cinnamon applesauce into that?

I think "pyelyenkee" is Russian for diaper. Again, I only know what I pick up from my mom, and that isn't a lot, so let's hope for the best.

 

[mizzycub]

*gets his massive collection of dictionaries and language books*

Not all of them had that word in it but I have six where before we were either uncertain, or it was not mentioned.


Dutch - luier

Welsh - cewyn, clwt
pl. disposable nappies - clytiau untro

Russian - релёнка (pyelyonka)

Polish - pieluszka

Czech - plenka

(Modern) Greek - πανα (pana)


I would guess Kovalchuck, that the word you have there could be the plural. Or it could just be a mistake. I didn't look it up.

 

[dinorider]

Guess I'll treat you to some Swedish:

Blöja (singular) and blöjor (plural)

And with that, you've learned something new today.

 

[Mesmerale]

Hebrew: hitool or titool , the hitool announced as some sort of a j or well its a hebrew letter known as "het" lathough you put a litterizing mark on the H to make it sound like it comes from your throat , cant really explain
you use it in a sentence for example "the baby wet her hitool/titool"
extra info:
Hitool = חיתול
Titool = טיתול I hope that helps ^^

Guess I'll treat you to some Swedish:

Blöja (singular) and blöjor (plural)

And with that, you've learned something new today.

The closest it's ever gotten is "ch"

Most people don't know how to make that sound though, it and they'll end up with "kuh".

 

[Dan09]

It's pelena in Croatian.

Ne znam zašto ga pitanjima.

 

[quattrus]

Italian: pannolino

To be exact, that's the term for "baby diaper".

"Adult diaper" is "pannolone".

("-ino" is generally the suffix used to indicate something small, "-one" the suffix for something big).

 

[Kiani]

I love the English version of the word! "Nappys" sounds so cute.
For us Americans its just "Diaper."

 

[fuctifano]

Don't the English call them Nappies?

The Scottish, Welsh and Irish do too.

 

[h3g3l]

Click-*grunt*-cl-click!

 

[fuctifano]

Click-*grunt*-cl-click!

Strange name for a Diaper that.