Etymology
From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c.
Noun
shampoo (countable and uncountable, plural shampoos)
- (originally) A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
- Synonym: massage
- (mineralogy) A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
- Coordinate terms: conditioner; bar soap; (idiomatically usually coordinate rather than hypernymous) liquid soap, soap
- An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
- Synonym: shampooing
I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo.
- (humorous, slang) Champagne.
- Synonyms: bubbly, champers, fizz
Descendants
- → Basque: xanpu
- → Catalan: xampú
- ⇒ Chinese: 香波 (xiāngbō)
- → Danish: shampoo
- → Dutch: shampoo
- → Acehnese: sampô
- → Indonesian: sampo
- → Estonian: šampoon
- → Faroese: sjampo
- → Finnish: shampoo, sampoo, šampoo
- → French: shampooing, shampoing, champoing
- → Galician: xampú
- → German: Shampoo
- → Hebrew: שַׁמְפּוּ (shampú), שַׁמְפּוֹ (shampó)
- → Hindi: शैंपू (śaimpū)
- → Icelandic: sjampó
- → Irish: seampú
- → Italian: shampoo, sciampo
- → Japanese: シャンプー (shanpū)
- → Korean: 샴푸 (syampu)
- → Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sjampo
- Nynorsk: sjampo
- → Portuguese: champô, xampu (Brazil), (unadapted form) shampoo
- → Spanish: champú, shampoo, yampú
- → Swedish: schampo
- → Thai: แชมพู (chɛɛm-puu)
- → Yiddish: שאַמפּו (shampu)
- → Zulu: ishampu
Translations
product for washing the hair or other fibres
- Albanian: shampo f
- Arabic: شَامْبُو m (šāmbū)
- Hijazi Arabic: شامبو m (šāmbu), شامپو m (šāmpu)
- Moroccan Arabic: شمبوان (šampwān), شنبوان (šanpwān)
- Armenian: շամպուն (hy) (šampun)
- Asturian: xampú (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: şampun
- Basque: xanpu
- Belarusian: шампу́нь m (šampúnʹ)
- Bengali: শ্যাম্পু (bn) (śêmpu)
- Bulgarian: шампоа́н (bg) m (šampoán)
- Burmese: ခေါင်းလျှော်ရည် (my) (hkaung:hlyaurany)
- Catalan: xampú (ca) m
- Chickasaw: ishtayili'
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 洗頭水/洗头水 (sai2 tau4 seoi2), 洗髮水/洗发水 (sai2 faat3 seoi2), 洗髮精/洗发精 (sai2 faat3 zing1)
- Hokkien: 洗髮精/洗发精 (zh-min-nan) (sé-hoat-cheng, sóe-hoat-cheng)
- Mandarin: 洗髮水/洗发水 (zh) (xǐfàshuǐ), 洗髮精/洗发精 (xǐfàjīng), 洗髮劑/洗发剂 (zh) (xǐfàjì), 香波 (zh) (xiāngbō) (loanword), 洗髮露/洗发露 (zh) (xǐfàlù, xǐfǎlù)
- Corsican: sciampu m
- Czech: šampón m
- Danish: shampoo (da) c
- Dutch: shampoo (nl) m
- Esperanto: ŝampuo (eo)
- Estonian: šampoon (et)
- Faroese: hársápa f, sjampo n
- Finnish: shampoo (fi), sampoo (fi), hiustenpesuaine (fi)
- French: shampoing (fr) m, shampooing (fr) m
- Galician: xampú (gl) m
- Georgian: შამპუნი (šamṗuni)
- German: Shampoo (de) n, Schampu n, Schampon n, Schampun (de) n, Haarwaschmittel n
- Greek: σαμπουάν (el) n (sampouán)
- Hebrew: שַׁמְפּוּ (he) m (shampú), שַׁמְפּוֹ (he) m (shampó)
- Hindi: शैंपू m (śaimpū)
- Hungarian: sampon (hu)
- Hunsrik: Schampu n
- Icelandic: sjampó (is) n
- Indonesian: sampo (id)
- Irish: seampú m
- Italian: sciampo (it) m
- Japanese: シャンプー (ja) (shanpū)
- Kazakh: сусабын (susabyn)
- Khmer: ថ្នាំកក់ (thnam kɑk), សាប៊ូកក់សក់ (saabuu kɑk sɑk)
- Korean: 샴푸 (ko) (syampu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: شامپۆ (şampo)
- Northern Kurdish: şampo (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: суусамын (suusamın), шампунь (şampun)
- Lao: ນ້ຳຍາສະຜົມ (nam nyā sa phom)
- Latvian: šampūns m
- Lithuanian: šampūnas m
- Luxembourgish: Shampoing (lb) m
- Macedonian: шампо́н (mk) m (šampón)
- Malay: syampu (ms)
- Maltese: xampù m
- Marathi: शाम्पू m (śāmpū), शॅम्पू m (śĕmpū)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: шампунь (šampunʹ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sjampo (no) m
- Occitan: shampong (oc) m
- Persian:
- Dari: شَامْپُو (fa) (šāmpū)
- Iranian Persian: شامْپو (fa) (šâmpu)
- Picard: chanpounhe m
- Polish: szampon (pl) m
- Portuguese: (Brazil) xampu (pt) m, (Portugal) champô (pt) m
- Romanian: șampon (ro) n
- Russian: шампу́нь (ru) m (šampúnʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ша̀мпо̄н m
- Roman: šàmpōn (sh) m
- Sicilian: sciampu m, sciampù m
- Sinhalese: ෂැම්පු (ṣæmpu)
- Slovak: šampón m
- Slovene: šampon (sl) m
- Spanish: champú (es) m, shampú
- Swahili: shampuu
- Swedish: schampo (sv) n
- Tagalog: siyampu
- Tajik: шампун (šampun)
- Thai: แชมพู (th) (chɛɛm-puu), ยาสระผม (th) (yaa-sà-pǒm)
- Turkish: şampuan (tr)
- Turkmen: şampun
- Ukrainian: шампу́нь m (šampúnʹ)
- Urdu: شَیمْپُو m (śaimpū)
- Uzbek: shampun (uz)
- Vietnamese: dầu gội đầu, xà bông (vi), dầu gội
- Volapük: jämpod
- Welsh: siampŵ m
- West Frisian: sjampû m, shampoo m
- Yiddish: שאַמפּו m (shampu)
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instance of washing the hair with shampoo
instance of washing other fibres with shampoo
humorous slang: champagne
Verb
shampoo (third-person singular simple present shampoos, present participle shampooing, simple past and past participle shampooed)
- (intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.
- (transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
- (transitive) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
- Synonym: massage
Translations
to wash hair with shampoo
to wash (the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo
- Finnish: pestä shampoolla
- German: schampunieren, schamponieren, shampoonieren (de), das Haar waschen, den Kopf waschen, den Teppich schampunieren
- Swedish: schamponera (sv)
- Volapük: jämpodön
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsjampo/, /ˈsjaːmpu(ː)/, [ˈɕɑmpʰo], [ˈɕæːmpʰu(ː)]
Noun
shampoo c (singular definite shampooen, plural indefinite shampooer)
- shampoo (soap for washing hair)
Declension
More information common gender, Singular ...
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑm.poː/
- Hyphenation: sham‧poo
Further reading
- “shampoo” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑmp(ː)oː/, [ˈʃɑ̝mp(ː)o̞ː]
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑmp(ː)oː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mp(ː)o̞ː]
- IPA(key): /ˈshɑmp(ː)oː/, [ˈs̠hɑ̝mp(ː)o̞ː]
- Rhymes: -ɑmpoː
- Syllabification(key): sham‧poo
Noun
shampoo
- shampoo (commercial liquid soap)
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
Inflection of shampoo (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) |
nominative |
shampoo |
shampoot |
genitive |
shampoon |
shampoiden shampoitten |
partitive |
shampoota |
shampoita |
illative |
shampoohon shampooseen |
shampoihin shampoisiin |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
shampoo |
shampoot |
accusative |
nom. |
shampoo |
shampoot |
gen. |
shampoon |
genitive |
shampoon |
shampoiden shampoitten |
partitive |
shampoota |
shampoita |
inessive |
shampoossa |
shampoissa |
elative |
shampoosta |
shampoista |
illative |
shampoohon shampooseen |
shampoihin shampoisiin |
adessive |
shampoolla |
shampoilla |
ablative |
shampoolta |
shampoilta |
allative |
shampoolle |
shampoille |
essive |
shampoona |
shampoina |
translative |
shampooksi |
shampoiksi |
abessive |
shampootta |
shampoitta |
instructive |
— |
shampoin |
comitative |
See the possessive forms below. |
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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
first-person singular possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
shampooni |
shampooni |
accusative |
nom. |
shampooni |
shampooni |
gen. |
shampooni |
genitive |
shampooni |
shampoideni shampoitteni |
partitive |
shampootani |
shampoitani |
inessive |
shampoossani |
shampoissani |
elative |
shampoostani |
shampoistani |
illative |
shampoohoni shampooseeni |
shampoihini shampoisiini |
adessive |
shampoollani |
shampoillani |
ablative |
shampooltani |
shampoiltani |
allative |
shampoolleni |
shampoilleni |
essive |
shampoonani |
shampoinani |
translative |
shampookseni |
shampoikseni |
abessive |
shampoottani |
shampoittani |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | shampoineni |
second-person singular possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
shampoosi |
shampoosi |
accusative |
nom. |
shampoosi |
shampoosi |
gen. |
shampoosi |
genitive |
shampoosi |
shampoidesi shampoittesi |
partitive |
shampootasi |
shampoitasi |
inessive |
shampoossasi |
shampoissasi |
elative |
shampoostasi |
shampoistasi |
illative |
shampoohosi shampooseesi |
shampoihisi shampoisiisi |
adessive |
shampoollasi |
shampoillasi |
ablative |
shampooltasi |
shampoiltasi |
allative |
shampoollesi |
shampoillesi |
essive |
shampoonasi |
shampoinasi |
translative |
shampooksesi |
shampoiksesi |
abessive |
shampoottasi |
shampoittasi |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | shampoinesi |
first-person plural possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
shampoomme |
shampoomme |
accusative |
nom. |
shampoomme |
shampoomme |
gen. |
shampoomme |
genitive |
shampoomme |
shampoidemme shampoittemme |
partitive |
shampootamme |
shampoitamme |
inessive |
shampoossamme |
shampoissamme |
elative |
shampoostamme |
shampoistamme |
illative |
shampoohomme shampooseemme |
shampoihimme shampoisiimme |
adessive |
shampoollamme |
shampoillamme |
ablative |
shampooltamme |
shampoiltamme |
allative |
shampoollemme |
shampoillemme |
essive |
shampoonamme |
shampoinamme |
translative |
shampooksemme |
shampoiksemme |
abessive |
shampoottamme |
shampoittamme |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | shampoinemme |
second-person plural possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
shampoonne |
shampoonne |
accusative |
nom. |
shampoonne |
shampoonne |
gen. |
shampoonne |
genitive |
shampoonne |
shampoidenne shampoittenne |
partitive |
shampootanne |
shampoitanne |
inessive |
shampoossanne |
shampoissanne |
elative |
shampoostanne |
shampoistanne |
illative |
shampoohonne shampooseenne |
shampoihinne shampoisiinne |
adessive |
shampoollanne |
shampoillanne |
ablative |
shampooltanne |
shampoiltanne |
allative |
shampoollenne |
shampoillenne |
essive |
shampoonanne |
shampoinanne |
translative |
shampooksenne |
shampoiksenne |
abessive |
shampoottanne |
shampoittanne |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | shampoinenne |
third-person possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
shampoonsa |
shampoonsa |
accusative |
nom. |
shampoonsa |
shampoonsa |
gen. |
shampoonsa |
genitive |
shampoonsa |
shampoidensa shampoittensa |
partitive |
shampootaan shampootansa |
shampoitaan shampoitansa |
inessive |
shampoossaan shampoossansa |
shampoissaan shampoissansa |
elative |
shampoostaan shampoostansa |
shampoistaan shampoistansa |
illative |
shampoohonsa shampooseensa |
shampoihinsa shampoisiinsa |
adessive |
shampoollaan shampoollansa |
shampoillaan shampoillansa |
ablative |
shampooltaan shampooltansa |
shampoiltaan shampoiltansa |
allative |
shampoolleen shampoollensa |
shampoilleen shampoillensa |
essive |
shampoonaan shampoonansa |
shampoinaan shampoinansa |
translative |
shampookseen shampooksensa |
shampoikseen shampoiksensa |
abessive |
shampoottaan shampoottansa |
shampoittaan shampoittansa |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | shampoineen shampoinensa |
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈʃam.po/
- Rhymes: -ampo
- Hyphenation: shàm‧poo
Noun
shampoo m (plural shampoos)
- Alternative form of xampu
- Alternative form of champô
Usage notes
The word was adapted to Brazilian Portuguese as xampu, reflecting the English pronunciation. The European Portuguese adaptation of champô is closer to the Hindi pronunciation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃamˈpu/ [ʃãmˈpu], /t͡ʃamˈpu/ [t͡ʃãmˈpu]
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
shampoo m (plural shampoos)
- Alternative spelling of champú
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.