Definition: stopper, plug, wad, swab; tampon; stamp; buffer

Je vais boucher cette voie d'eau avec un tampon de bois - I'm going to plug this leak with a wooden stopper

Il a besoin d'un tampon pour vernir la table - He needs a pad to varnish the table.

Je n'aime pas les tampons ; je préfère les serviettes hygiéniques - I don't like tampons; I prefer sanitary napkins.

Elle sert de tampon entre les gens qui disputent - She serves as a buffer between people who are disputing.

(invariable adj) - buffer

C'est une zone tampon - It's a buffer zone

Note: Tampon is a semi-false cognate in English, in which it has only one meaning.

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Pronunciation: [ta(n) po(n)]