tupperware
See also: Tupperware
English
Noun
tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural tupperwares or tupperware)
- (uncommon) Alternative form of Tupperware.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tupperware.
Translations
Tupperware — see also Tupperware
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English tupperware. Genericized trademark of the American company Tupperware.
Pronunciation
Noun
tupperware m (plural tupperwares)
- Tupperware (a plastic food-storage container)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tapoer, taparuere
- tapauer, tapaué, teipuer (eye dialect)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English tupperware. Genericized trademark of the American company Tupperware.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.pawˈɛ(ʁ)/ [ta.paʊ̯ˈɛ(h)], /tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(ʁ)/ [tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(h)], /tɐ.poˈɛ(ʁ)/ [tɐ.poˈɛ(h)], /ta.puˈɛ(ʁ)/ [ta.pʊˈɛ(h)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpwɛ(ʁ)/ [taˈpwɛ(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ta.pawˈɛ(ɾ)/ [ta.paʊ̯ˈɛ(ɾ)], /tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(ɾ)/, /tɐ.poˈɛ(ɾ)/, /ta.puˈɛ(ɾ)/ [ta.pʊˈɛ(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpwɛ(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ta.pawˈɛ(ʁ)/ [ta.paʊ̯ˈɛ(χ)], /tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(ʁ)/ [tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(χ)], /tɐ.poˈɛ(ʁ)/ [tɐ.poˈɛ(χ)], /ta.puˈɛ(ʁ)/ [ta.pʊˈɛ(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpwɛ(ʁ)/ [taˈpwɛ(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ta.pawˈɛ(ɻ)/ [ta.paʊ̯ˈɛ(ɻ)], /tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(ɻ)/, /tɐ.poˈɛ(ɻ)/, /ta.puˈɛ(ɻ)/ [ta.pʊˈɛ(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpwɛ(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛ.ɾi/
Noun
tupperware m or (Brazil, also) f (plural tupperwares)
- Tupperware (a plastic food-storage container)
Further reading
- “tupperware”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English tupperware.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtapeɾw̝eɾ/ [ˈt̪a.peɾ.w̝eɾ], /ˈtapeɾweɾ/ [ˈt̪a.peɾ.weɾ], /ˈtapeɾweɾ/ [ˈt̪a.pe.ɾweɾ]
- Rhymes: -apeɾw̝eɾ, -apeɾweɾ
- IPA(key): /ˈtopeɾw̝eɾ/ [ˈt̪o.peɾ.w̝eɾ], /ˈtopeɾweɾ/ [ˈt̪o.peɾ.weɾ], /ˈtopeɾweɾ/ [ˈt̪o.pe.ɾweɾ]
- Rhymes: -opeɾw̝eɾ, -opeɾweɾ
- IPA(key): /tuppeɾˈw̝aɾe/ [t̪up̚.perˈw̝a.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -aɾe
- Syllabification: tup‧per‧wa‧re
Noun
tupperware m (plural tupperwares)
- alternative form of Tupperware
Usage notes
- According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “tupperware”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]