noun, masculine/tɑ̃.pɔ̃/plural: tampons
plug, stopper; swab; tampon (menstrual product); sponge, pad (piece of porous material); stamp
“un tampon de bois” — a wooden stopper
Synonyms: cachet, timbre
Nasalized variant of tapon, from Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.