Tupperware

== English == === Alternative forms === tupperware === Etymology === From Tupper +‎ -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural Tupperware or Tupperwares) A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers. Synonyms: plastic container, food container For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tupperware. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: eintuppern ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === tupperware, tupper, táper, tóper, túper === 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) Tupperware container === Further reading === Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “Tupperware”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]