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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dia•per /ˈdaɪpɚ, ˈdaɪəpɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a piece of folded cloth or other absorbent material worn as underpants by a baby:throwaway paper diapers.

v. [+ object]
  1. to put a diaper on:diapered the baby.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dia•per  (dīpər, dīə pər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
  2. TextilesAlso called diaper cloth′. a linen or cotton fabric with a woven pattern of small, constantly repeated figures, as diamonds.
  3. TextilesAlso called diaper pat′tern. such a pattern, originally used in the Middle Ages in weaving silk and gold.

v.t. 
  1. to put a diaper on.
  2. Textilesto ornament with a diaperlike pattern.
  • Medieval Greek díaspros pure white, equivalent. to Greek di- di3 + Medieval Greek áspros white
  • Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper
  • Anglo-French dia(s)p(r)e
  • Middle English diapre 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
diaper /ˈdaɪəpə/ n
  1. US Canadian a piece of soft material, esp towelling or a disposable material, wrapped around a baby in order to absorb its excrementAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): nappy
    • a woven pattern on fabric consisting of a small repeating design, esp diamonds
    • such a pattern, used as decoration
vb
  1. (transitive) to decorate with such a pattern
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper, from Medieval Greek diaspros pure white, from dia- + aspros white, shining

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