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pamper

/ˈpæmpə/PAM-pur
/ˈpæmpɚ/PAM-pur

Meaningpap, broth

Common meaning: indulge too much

Journey through time

  1. Low Germanpampe‘pap’source
  2. Low Germanmeaning shiftspap → to crampampen‘to cram’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto cram → indulge too muchpamper‘indulge too much’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Low German pampe ‘pap, broth’.

Roots

  • pampe Low German “pap, broth”

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