band-aid

== English == === Alternative forms === bandaid === Etymology === Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) +‎ aid. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈbændeɪd/ === Noun === band-aid (plural band-aids) (Australia, Canada, US, Philippines) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound. (Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. [from 1968] 1968, United Church Observer, n 15 (March), p 36: It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore. ==== Synonyms ==== (small adhesive bandage): adhesive bandage, plaster (UK), sticking plaster (UK), Elastoplast (UK) (makeshift solution): hack ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== adhesive bandage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === band-aid (third-person singular simple present band-aids, present participle band-aiding, simple past and past participle band-aided) To apply an adhesive bandage. To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig. ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === bandeide (adapted spelling) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English band-aid, genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924. === Pronunciation === === Noun === band-aid m (plural band-aids) band-aid (adhesive bandage) Synonym: penso === Further reading === “band-aid”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026