Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to diaper
Participle: diapered
Gerund: diapering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | diaper |
| you | diaper |
| he;she;it | diapers |
| we | diaper |
| you | diaper |
| they | diaper |
Perfect
| I | have diapered |
| you | have diapered |
| he;she;it | has diapered |
| we | have diapered |
| you | have diapered |
| they | have diapered |
Past
| I | diapered |
| you | diapered |
| he;she;it | diapered |
| we | diapered |
| you | diapered |
| they | diapered |
Pluperfect
| I | had diapered |
| you | had diapered |
| he;she;it | had diapered |
| we | had diapered |
| you | had diapered |
| they | had diapered |
Future
| I | will diaper |
| you | will diaper |
| he;she;it | will diaper |
| we | will diaper |
| you | will diaper |
| they | will diaper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have diapered |
| you | will have diapered |
| he;she;it | will have diapered |
| we | will have diapered |
| you | will have diapered |
| they | will have diapered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | diaper |
| you | diaper |
| he;she;it | diaper |
| we | diaper |
| you | diaper |
| they | diaper |
Perfect
| I | have diapered |
| you | have diapered |
| he;she;it | have diapered |
| we | have diapered |
| you | have diapered |
| they | have diapered |
Imperfect
| I | diapered |
| you | diapered |
| he;she;it | diapered |
| we | diapered |
| you | diapered |
| they | diapered |
Pluperfect
| I | had diapered |
| you | had diapered |
| he;she;it | had diapered |
| we | had diapered |
| you | had diapered |
| they | had diapered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would diaper |
| you | would diaper |
| he;she;it | would diaper |
| we | would diaper |
| you | would diaper |
| they | would diaper |
Perfect
| I | would have diapered |
| you | would have diapered |
| he;she;it | would have diapered |
| we | would have diapered |
| you | would have diapered |
| they | would have diapered |
Imperative
| you | diaper |
| we | Let's diaper |
| you | diaper |
Verbs conjugated like 'diaper'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'diaper'
bediaper,
caper,
diadem,
dicker,
didder,
differ,
dinner,
dispel,
dister,
dither,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
3. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
4. Ancient Greek διά (diá)
5. Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp-der.?
7. Latin asperbor.
8. Ancient Greek ἄσπρος (áspros)
9. Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (díaspros)bor.
10. Medieval Latin diasprabor.
11. Old French dyaprebor.
12. Middle English dyaper
13. English diaper
14. From Middle English dyaper, diapre, dyapre, from Old French diapre, dyapre, a variant of dyaspre, diaspre (“ornamental silk cloth embellished with decorative patterns”), from Medieval Latin diaspra, diasprum (“a type of rich, valuable silken cloth”), probably from Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (díaspros, “very white; pure white”, adjective), from δια- (dia-, “across”) + ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”).
Sample Sentences
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Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
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It is pretty hard to make a mistake when diapering a baby. About the only way a person can go wrong is to put the diaper on backward, a condition that neither the diaperer nor the diaperee is likely to notice. [1988 March 13, Delia Ephron, “In This Year's Movies, Baby Knows Best”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015:]
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I diaper myself or she helps Diaper me and sometimes I get to wet them, she knows I like that. [2019, Michael Bent, Rosalie Bent, Understanding Adult Babies: Their Psychology and Lifestyles:]
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If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken. [1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman:]