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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Transitive verb 1.5.1 Translations

English

Etymology

Old French papier

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'peɪpɘ/, /'peɪpɘɹ/

Noun

paper (uncountable and countable; plural: papers)

1. A material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.
2. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
3. (uncountable) Wallpaper.
4. (uncountable) Wrapping paper.
5. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.

Translations

material for writing on

Bosnian: papir m., hartija f. ("arch." and "poetic") Breton: paper m. -où plural Bulgarian: Ñ Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ f. Catalan: paper m. (ca) Chinese: 紙, 纸 (zhǐ) Czech: papír Danish: papir Dutch: papier n. Estonian: paber Finnish: paperi French: papier m. Frisian: papier n. German: Papier n. (de) Greek: χαρτί n. Guarani: kuatia Hebrew: נייר (Ni'yar) m., דף (Da'ff) m. Hindi: कागज़ (kāgaz) Hungarian: papír Interlingua: papiro Irish: páipéar Italian: carta f. Japanese: 紙 (かみ, kami)

Kurdish: perr m., kaxez f. Kyrgyz: кагаз (qağaz) Latvian: papÄ«rs m. Marathi: कागद (kāgad) Norwegian: papir, ark Persian: كاغذ (kaghaz) Polish: papier m. Portuguese: papel m. Romanian: hârtie f. Russian: бумага Serbian: Cyrillic: папир m., Ñ Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ˜Ð° f. ("arch." and "poetic") Latin: papir m., hartija f. ("arch." and "poetic") Slovene: papir m. Spanish: papel m. Swedish: papper n. Telugu: కాగితము (kaagitamu) Tetum: surat-tahan Tupinambá: kûatîara Turkish: kâğıt Tz'utujil: wuuj Vietnamese: giấy Ukrainian: папір (papeer) m., бумага (boomaha) f.;

newspaper See newspaper

wallpaper See wallpaper

wrapping paper See wrapping paper

written document

Bulgarian: документ m., статия f. Catalan: article m. Dutch: document n., werk n., eindwerk n. German: Papier n., Dokument n. Greek: έγγραφο n. Norweigan: artikkel m.

Polish: artykuł m. Portuguese: artigo m. Romanian: document n. Spanish: artículo m. Swedish: artikel c., papper n. (colloquial) Telugu: దస్తావేజు (dastaavaeju) Turkish: kâğıt Vietnamese: bài văn

Related terms

• banana paper
• brown paper
• green paper
• liquid paper
• newspaper
• paper cut
• paper plane
• paperbark
• paperboy
• paper round
• rice paper
• tarpaper
• term paper
• toilet paper
• wallpaper
• white paper

Adjective

paper (no comparative or superlative')

1. Made of paper.

   paper bag

   paper plane

Translations

Breton: paper Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 纸制的 (zhǐ zhì de) Traditional Chinese: 紙製的 Dutch: papieren Estonian: paberist, indicated by forming compounds with paber-: paper flower: paberlill,, etc Finnish: paperinen French: en papier, de papier German: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel; paper cup: Papierbecher, etc Greek: χάρτινος m., χάρτινη f., χάρτινο n. Hebrew: נייר

Hungarian: papír Italian: di carta Norwegian: papir Polish: papierowy m. Portuguese: de papel Spanish: de papel Swedish: pappers- Telugu: కాగితపు (kaagitapu) Vietnamese: bằng giấy

Transitive verb

to paper (papers, papered, papering)

1. To wallpaper (a wall, a room, a house).
2. Used in the phrase 'paper over the cracks'.

Translations

to wallpaper See wallpaperbs:paper fr:paper ko:paper io:paper it:paper hu:paper ja:paper pl:paper ru:paper sr:paper fi:paper sv:paper ta:paper zh:paper