| familier |
| 1. adj. familiar (known to one) | |
| 2. adj. (linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon) | |
| tampon |
| 1. n-m. Piece of wood or other material to close an opening | |
| …un petit orifice qui, pendant l'emplissage, est bouché par un tampon de bois. | |
| 2. n-m. (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone. | |
| Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés. | |
| 3. n-m. (boat) Same, closing a leak. | |
| Tampon d'étoupe. | |
| 4. n-m. (medical) a plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid | |
| 5. n-m. tampon to stop menstruation | |
| Tampon hygiénique. | |
| 6. n-m. sponge, piece of porous material | |
| 7. n-m. used for washing. | |
| tampon à récurer. | |
| 8. n-m. to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture. | |
| vernissage au tampon. | |
| 9. n-m. to apply ink. | |
| Tampon encreur. | |
| 10. n-m. stamp | |
| Donner un coup de tampon. | |
| 11. n-m. (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute | |
| jouer le rôle de tampon. | |
| 12. n-m. In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc. | |
| Cette zone accueillerait une partie des 3,6 millions de réfugiés syriens et ferait office de zone tampon avec la Syrie. | |
| 13. n-m. (chemistry) buffer | |
| Solution tampon. - Buffer solution | |
| 14. n-m. (computing) buffer | |
| 15. n-m. Elastic part that prevents damaging when a collision occurs, e.g. buffer in rail transport | |
| hygiénique |
| 1. adj. hygienic | |
