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pamper

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈpæm.pɚ/
  • US: [ˈpɛəm.pɚ]
  • New-Jersey: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æmpə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 M P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative form of pampers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To feed luxuriously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To put someone in pampers (a diaper).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Qualifier: chiefly ABDL

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

treat with excessive indulgence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • grandparents often pamper the children
  • Let's not mollycoddle our students!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: treat, handle, do by

History

Etymology

From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er. Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”).

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vertroetel — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Albanian: përgazoj — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Arabic: دَلَّلَ (dallala) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Arabic: دَلَّعَ (dallaʕa) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Arabic: غَنَّجَ (ḡannaja) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Bulgarian: глезя (glezja) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Bulgarian: угаждам (ugaždam) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬌縱 /娇纵 (jiāozòng) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放縱 /放纵 (fàngzòng) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Czech: hýčkat — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Czech: rozmazlovat — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Czech: rozmazlit — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Danish: forkæle — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Dutch: vertroetelen — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Dutch: pamperen — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Dutch: verwennen — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Esperanto: dorloti — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Finnish: hemmotella — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Finnish: hyysätä — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Finnish: lelliä — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • French: choyer — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • French: dorloter — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • French: chouchouter — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • German: verwöhnen — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • German: hätscheln — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Greek: παραχαϊδεύω (parachaïdévo) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Greek: κανακεύω (kanakévo) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Greek: καλομαθαίνω (kalomathaíno) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Greek: κακομαθαίνω (kakomathaíno) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Greek: περιποιούμαι (peripoioúmai) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Hebrew: פינק (pinék) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Hungarian: kényeztet — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Hungarian: elkényeztet — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Italian: coccolare — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Italian: viziare — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Japanese: 甘やかす (amayakasu) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Latin: mōrigerō — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Macedonian: разгалува (razgaluva) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Macedonian: размазува (razmazuva) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Macedonian: мази (mazi) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Malay: manja — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Māori: morimori — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Māori: nānā — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Norwegian: dulle med — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Norwegian: skjemma bort — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Polish: rozpieszczać — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Portuguese: paparicar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Portuguese: mimar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Romanian: răsfăța — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Romanian: alinta — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Russian: балова́ть (balovátʹ) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Russian: избалова́ть (izbalovátʹ) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Russian: изне́живать (iznéživatʹ) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Russian: изне́жить (iznéžitʹ) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Russian: ублажа́ть (ublažátʹ) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Russian: ублажи́ть (ublažítʹ) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Serbo-Croatian: razmaziti — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Serbo-Croatian: размазити — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: mimar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: consentir — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: malacostumbrar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: regalonear — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: tener entre algodones — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: chiquear — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: popar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: pontear — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: chinchinear — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: achichiguar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Spanish: contumeriar — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Swedish: dalta — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Thai: เอาใจ (ao-jai) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Ukrainian: розпещувати (rozpeščuvaty) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Ukrainian: розніжувати (roznižuvaty) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Yiddish: פּיעשטשען (pyeshtshen) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge
  • Yiddish: באַלעווען (baleven) — to treat with excessive care, to indulge