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Definition 2024

sanitary_napkin

sanitary napkin

English

Noun

sanitary napkin ‎(plural sanitary napkins)

A pad of cotton or other absorbent material worn by women to absorb the menstrual flow.

Synonyms

sanitary pad
sanitary towel (UK)

Translations

pad of cotton or other absorbent material

Arabic: فوطة صحية
Armenian: միջադիր (hy) ‎(miǰadir)
Catalan: compresa higiènica
Chinese:
Mandarin: 衛生巾 (zh), 卫生巾 (zh) ‎(wèishēngjīn)
Dutch: maandverband
Finnish: terveysside (fi)
French: serviette hygiénique (fr) f
German: Binde (de), Damenbinde (de) f, Monatsbinde (de) f
Greek: σερβιέτα (el) f ‎(serviéta)
Icelandic: dömubindi (is) n, tíðabindi n

Italian: assorbente igienico
Japanese: 生理用ナプキン ‎(せいりようナプキン, seiri-yō napukin)
Macedonian: влошка f ‎(vlóška)
Maori: kope, kōrē
Persian: نوار بهداشتی (fa) ‎(navâr-e behdâšti)
Polish: podpaska f
Portuguese: absorvente íntimo (pt) m
Russian: прокла́дка (ru) f ‎(prokládka)
Spanish: compresa f (Spain), toalla sanitaria f (Latin America), Modess f (Venezuela, colloquial), toallita f (Argentina, colloquial)
Swedish: dambinda, binda (sv) c
Tagalog: pasador
Turkish: ped

See also

tampon