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.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (France) /ty.pə.ʁwaʁ/, (Canada) /tɔ.pœ.ʁwɛʁ/

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.pʊˈɛ(h)], (faster pronunciation) /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.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)]
  • (Southern Brazil) 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/

• (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, 2008–2025