paperwork

English

Etymology

paper +‎ work

Noun

paperwork (uncountable)

1. A clerical task or set of tasks involving routine written work; busy work; red tape.

Synonyms

• administrativia
• administrivia
• busy work
• red tape

Translations

clerical tasks involving routine written work

Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 文書工作 (cmn), 文书工作 (cmn) (wénshū gōngzuò) Esperanto: paperoj (eo) pl. Finnish: paperityöt (fi), paperisota (fi)

French: Tâches administratives (fr) pl. German: Schreibarbeit (de) f. Portuguese: papelada (pt) f. Russian: канцелярская работа (ru) (kanceljárskaja rabóta) f.