noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ʃæmˈpuː/
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UK:/ʃamˈpuː/
India:/ˈʃæːm.puː/
rhymes with -uː
CMU ARPABET:SH AE0 M P UW1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: originally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: massage
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A commercial liquid soaplike product for washing hair or other fibers, such as carpets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: hygiene
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shampooing
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Champagne.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, humorous, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bubbly, champers, fizz
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: massage
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
the act of washing your hair with shampoo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hair care, haircare, hairdressing
9
noun
Meaning 9
cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleansing agent, cleanser, cleaner
10
verb
Meaning 10
use shampoo on (hair)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wash, lave
Narrower terms: condition
History
Etymology
From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c.
Across languages
Translations
162 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
shampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Arabic:
شَامْبُو
(šāmbū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Arabic:
شامبو
(šāmbu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Arabic:
شامپو
(šāmpu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Arabic:
شمبوان
(šampwān)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Arabic:
شنبوان
(šanpwān)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Armenian:
շամպուն
(šampun)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Asturian:
xampú
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Azerbaijani:
şampun
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Basque:
xanpu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Belarusian:
шампу́нь
(šampúnʹ)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Bengali:
শ্যাম্পু
(śêmpu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Bulgarian:
шампоа́н
(šampoán)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Burmese:
ခေါင်းလျှော်ရည်
(hkaung:hlyaurany)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Catalan:
xampú
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chickasaw:
ishtayili'
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Cantonese:
洗頭水 /洗头水
(sai2 tau4 seoi2)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Cantonese:
洗髮水 /洗发水
(sai2 faat3 seoi2)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Cantonese:
洗髮精 /洗发精
(sai2 faat3 zing1)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese:
洗髮精 /洗发精
(zh-min-nan)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Mandarin:
洗髮水 /洗发水
(xǐfàshuǐ)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Mandarin:
洗髮精 /洗发精
(xǐfàjīng)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Mandarin:
洗髮劑 /洗发剂
(xǐfàjì)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Mandarin:
香波
(xiāngbō)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Chinese Mandarin:
洗髮露 /洗发露
(xǐfàlù, xǐfǎlù)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Corsican:
sciampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Czech:
šampón
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Danish:
shampoo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Dutch:
shampoo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Esperanto:
ŝampuo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Esperanto:
harsapo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Estonian:
šampoon
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Faroese:
hársápa
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Faroese:
sjampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Finnish:
shampoo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Finnish:
sampoo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Finnish:
hiustenpesuaine
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
French:
shampoing
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
French:
shampooing
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
West-Frisian:
sjampû
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
West-Frisian:
shampoo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Galician:
xampú
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Georgian:
შამპუნი
(šamṗuni)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
German:
Shampoo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
German:
Schampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
German:
Schampon
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
German:
Schampun
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
German:
Haarwaschmittel
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Greek:
σαμπουάν
(sampouán)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Hebrew:
שַׁמְפּוּ
(shampú)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Hebrew:
שַׁמְפּוֹ
(shampó)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Hindi:
शैंपू
(śaimpū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Hungarian:
sampon
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Hunsrik:
Schampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Icelandic:
sjampó
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Indonesian:
sampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Irish:
seampú
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Italian:
sciampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Japanese:
シャンプー
(shanpū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Kazakh:
сусабын
(susabyn)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Khmer:
ថ្នាំកក់
(thnam kɑk)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Khmer:
សាប៊ូកក់សក់
(saabuu kɑk sɑk)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Korean:
샴푸
(syampu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Central Kurdish:
شامپۆ
(şampo)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Northern Kurdish:
şampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Kyrgyz:
суусамын
(suusamın)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Kyrgyz:
шампунь
(şampun)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Lao:
ນ້ໍາຍາສະຜົມ
(nam nyā sa phom)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Latvian:
šampūns
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Lithuanian:
šampūnas
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Luxembourgish:
Shampoing
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Macedonian:
шампо́н
(šampón)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Malay:
syampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Maltese:
xampù
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Marathi:
शाम्पू
(śāmpū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Marathi:
शॅम्पू
(śĕmpū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Mongolian:
шампунь
(šampunʹ)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Norwegian Bokmål:
sjampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Occitan:
shampong
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Pannonian Rusyn:
шампон
(šampon)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Dari:
شَامْپُو
(šāmpū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Iranian Persian:
شامْپو
(šâmpu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Picard:
chanpounhe
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Polish:
szampon
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Portuguese:
xampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Portuguese:
champô
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Romanian:
șampon
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Russian:
шампу́нь
(šampúnʹ)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Serbo-Croatian:
ша̀мпо̄н
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Serbo-Croatian:
šàmpōn
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Sicilian:
sciampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Sicilian:
sciampù
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Sinhalese:
ෂැම්පු
(ṣæmpu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Slovak:
šampón
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Slovene:
šampon
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Spanish:
champú
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Spanish:
shampú
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Swahili:
shampuu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Swedish:
schampo
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Tagalog:
siyampu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Tajik:
шампун
(šampun)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Thai:
แชมพู
(chɛm-puu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Thai:
ยาสระผม
(yaa-sà-pǒm)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Turkish:
şampuan
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Turkmen:
şampun
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Ukrainian:
шампу́нь
(šampúnʹ)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Urdu:
شَیمْپُو
(śaimpū)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Uyghur:
شامپۇن
(shampun)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Uyghur:
شامپو
(shampo)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Uzbek:
shampun
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Vietnamese:
dầu gội đầu
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Vietnamese:
xà bông
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Vietnamese:
dầu gội
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Volapük:
jämpod
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Welsh:
siampŵ
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Yiddish:
שאַמפּו
(shampu)
— product for washing the hair or other fibres
Western Apache:
nitsii ’ghá-í táôâ’ee’â
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Finnish:
hiustenpesu
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
French:
shampoing
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
German:
Haarwäsche
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Greek:
λούσιμο
(loúsimo)
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Macedonian:
шампони́рање
(šamponíranje)
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Romanian:
șamponare
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Swedish:
schamponering
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Turkish:
şampuan
— instance of washing the hair with shampoo
Finnish:
vaahtopesu
— instance of washing other fibres with shampoo
French:
shampoing
— instance of washing other fibres with shampoo
Swedish:
schamponering
— instance of washing other fibres with shampoo
