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paper

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English

A sheet of paper. Wikipedia has an article on: Paper

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman paper, from Old French papier, from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papyros).

Pronunciation

Noun

paper (countable and uncountable; plural papers)

  1. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
  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.
  6. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).
  7. (slang) money.
  8. (New Zealand) A university course.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adjective

paper (not comparable)

  1. Made of paper.
    paper bag
    paper plane
  2. Insubstantial.
    paper tiger

Translations

made of paper
  • Arabic: وَرَقِيّ (ar)
  • Breton: paper (br)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 紙製的 (zh), 纸制的 (zh) (zhǐzhì de)
  • Czech: papírový (cs)
  • Dutch: papieren (nl)
  • Estonian: paberist, indicated by forming compounds with paber-: paper flower: paberlill (et), etc
  • Finnish: paperinen, paperi-
  • French: en papier (fr), de papier
  • German: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel (de); paper cup: Papierbecher (de), etc
  • Greek: χάρτινος (el)
  • Hebrew: נייר (he)
  • Hungarian: papír (hu)
  • Icelandic: pappírs- (is), pappa- (is)
  • Indonesian: dari bahan kertas
  • Italian: di carta (it), cartaceo (it)
  • Norwegian: papir (no)
  • Persian: کاغذی (fa) (kâğazi)
  • Polish: papierowy (pl) m.
  • Portuguese: de papel (pt)
  • Romanian: de hârtie (ro)
  • Russian: бумажный (ru) (bumážnyj)
  • Spanish: de papel (es)
  • Swedish: pappers- (sv)
  • Telugu: కాగితపు (te) (kaagitapu)
  • Vietnamese: bằng giấy (vi)

Verb

paper (third-person singular simple present papers, present participle papering, simple past and past participle papered)

  1. (transitive) To apply paper to.
    to paper the hallway walls
  2. (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
    After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.

Translations

to apply paper to
  • Indonesian: - menempeli (to wallpaper)
  • Welsh: papuro (cy)
to document — see document

Statistics

Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

Noun

paper m. (oblique plural papers, nominative singular papers, nominative plural paper)

  1. reed (plant)
  2. paper (thin white substance)
  3. document

Descendants

References

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on: Paper

Wikipedia ca

Noun

paper m. (plural papers)

  1. paper
  2. role

 

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Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
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