tupperware

See also: Tupperware

English

Noun

tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural tupperwares or tupperware)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of Tupperware.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tupperware.

Translations

Tupperware — see also Tupperware

• Spanish: tupperware m, tupper m, táper (es) m, túper m, tóper m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English tupperware. Genericized trademark of the American company Tupperware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.pə.ʁwaʁ/ (France)
• IPA^(key): /tɔ.pœ.ʁwɛʁ/ (Canada)
• Hyphenation: tup‧per‧ware

Noun

tupperware m (plural tupperwares)

1. 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.puˈɛ(h)], (faster) /taˈpwɛ(ʁ)/ [taˈpwɛ(h)]

• (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.puˈɛ(h)], (faster) /taˈpwɛ(ʁ)/ [taˈpwɛ(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ta.pawˈɛ(ɾ)/ [ta.paʊ̯ˈɛ(ɾ)], /tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(ɾ)/, /tɐ.poˈɛ(ɾ)/, /ta.puˈɛ(ɾ)/, (faster) /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.puˈɛ(χ)], (faster) /taˈpwɛ(ʁ)/ [taˈpwɛ(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ta.pawˈɛ(ɻ)/ [ta.paʊ̯ˈɛ(ɻ)], /tɐ.pɐˈwɛ(ɻ)/, /tɐ.poˈɛ(ɻ)/, /ta.puˈɛ(ɻ)/, (faster) /taˈpwɛ(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛ.ɾi/

Noun

tupperware m or (Brazil, also) f (plural tupperwares)

1. 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)

1. 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

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