paper

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[edit] English

A sheet of paper.
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[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] 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.

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Derived terms

[edit] Translations

material for writing on
newspaper — see newspaper
wallpaper — see wallpaper
wrapping paper — see wrapping paper
written document shorter than a book
academic paper

[edit] Adjective

paper (not comparable)

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

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made of paper

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

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

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[edit] Noun

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

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

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paper m. (plural papers)

  1. paper
  2. role
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