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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/
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US:/ˈpæm.pɚ/
US:[ˈpɛəm.pɚ]
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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
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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.
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