Tupperware

See also: tupperware

English

A piece of Tupperware.

Alternative forms

• tupperware

Etymology

From Tupper +‎ -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

Tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural Tupperware or Tupperwares)

1. A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.

   Synonyms: plastic container, food container

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tupperware.

Derived terms

• pupperware

Related terms

• Tupperize
• Tupperware lady
• Tupperware party

Descendants

• German: eintuppern

Translations

food-storage container — see also tupperware

• Arabic: حَافِظَة طَعَام f (ḥāfiẓa(t) ṭaʕām)

  Hijazi Arabic: تبرويرة f (tabirwēra), تابروير m (tābirwēr)

• Finnish: rasia (fi)
• French: tupperware (fr) m, tupéroir (fr)
• Greek: τάπερ (el) (táper)
• Portuguese: taparuere (pt) m, tapoer (pt) m, tupperware (pt) m
• Spanish: Tupperware m
• Sundanese: misting
• Thai: ทัปเปอร์แวร์ (táp-bpə̂ə-wɛɛ)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tupperware

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): /tupeɾˈw̝aɾe/ [t̪u.perˈw̝a.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: Tup‧per‧wa‧re

Noun

Tupperware m (plural Tupperwares)

1. Tupperware container

   Synonym: tupper

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “Tupperware”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA