Paper
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English
Noun
paper (uncountable and countable; plural: papers)
- A material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.
- A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (uncountable) Wallpaper.
- (uncountable) Wrapping paper.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
Translations
material for writing on
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newspaper
See newspaper
wallpaper See wallpaper
wrapping paper See wrapping paper
written document
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Related terms
- paperbark
- paperboy
- paper cut
- paper plane
- brown paper
- green paper
- liquid paper
- newspaper
- rice paper
- term paper
- toilet paper
- wallpaper
- white paper
Adjective
paper (no comparative or superlative)
- Made of paper.
- paper bag
- paper plane
Translations
- Breton: paper
- 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
- Norwegian: papir
- Italian: di carta
- Polish: papierowy m
- Spanish: de papel
- Portuguese: de papel
- Swedish: pappers-
Transitive verb
to paper (papers, papered, papering)
- To wallpaper (a wall, a room, a house).
- Used in the phrase 'paper over the cracks'.
Translations
to wallpaper See wallpaper
