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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesおむつピン
Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: omutsu pin
"布おむつを留めるためにおむつピンを使います。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A large safety pin with a guarded, locking head, specifically designed for fastening cloth diapers securely.
"She carefully fastened the cloth diaper with a bright blue diaper-pin." - 2
A metaphorical or colloquial reference to infant care accessories or traditional parenting methods.
"The vintage nursery decor featured a collection of antique diaper-pins framed on the wall."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The compound term combines 'diaper', derived from Old French 'dapre' designating a type of patterned cloth, and 'pin', from Middle English 'pinne' and Old Latin 'pinna'. Originally emerging in the 19th century as cloth diapers gained widespread domestic use, the design incorporated a specialized safety locking mechanism to prevent injury to infants during fastening.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Diaper-pin" is said worldwide
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épingle à nourrice
Transliteration: [epinɡl a nuʁis]
"Elle a utilisé une épingle à nourrice pour fixer la couche."
Wickelnadel
Transliteration: [ˈvɪkl̩ˌnaːdl̩]
"Die Wickelnadel wird zum Befestigen von Stoffwindeln verwendet."
spilla da balia
Transliteration: [ˈspilla da ˈbalja]
"La nonna ha usato una spilla da balia per il pannolino."
alfiler de gancho
Transliteration: [alfeˈler de ˈɡantʃo]
"Necesitaba un alfiler de gancho para el pañal de tela."
alfinete de fralda
Transliteration: [alfiˈneti dʒi ˈfɾawdɐ]
"Ela fechou a fralda de pano com um alfinete de fralda."
सेफ़्टी पिन
Transliteration: sefty pin
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"कपड़े के डायapers के लिए सेफ़्टी पिन का उपयोग किया जाता है।"
尿布别针
Transliteration: niàobù biézhēn
Script: 中文汉字
"传统布尿布通常需要用尿布别针固定。"
기저귀 핀
Transliteration: gijeogwi pin
Script: 한국어 한글
"천 기저귀를 고정하기 위해 기저귀 핀을 사용했습니다."
おむつピン
Transliteration: omutsu pin
Script: 日本語
"布おむつを留めるためにおむつピンを使います。"
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