hamper

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.pə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.pɚ/ Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap. ==== Alternative forms ==== hampire (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== hamper (plural hampers) A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals. (US) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper). (UK) A gift basket. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered) (transitive) To put into a hamper. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”), German hemmen (“to stop, hinder, check”). More at hamble. ==== Verb ==== hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered) (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle. Coordinate terms: ensnare, inveigle Near-synonym: hobble To impede in motion or progress. Synonyms: hinder, impair, disable, handicap, embarrass, encumber, cramp ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== hamper (plural hampers) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. ===== Derived terms ===== top-hamper (“unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft”) unhamper ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Perham == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === hampers === Etymology === Borrowed from English hamper. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhampər/ [ˈham.pər] IPA(key): /ˈhɛmpər/ [ˈhem.pər] Syllabification: ham‧per === Noun === hampêr (plural hamper-hamper) a gift, especially in a hamper or something similar Synonyms: berkat, besek === Further reading === “hamper”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === hampa === Etymology === From Old Norse hampr, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. === Noun === hamper m hemp ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: hampa === References === hamper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) hamper in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L