papyrus

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English

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Papyrus (plant).

Papyrus (material).

A papyrus (document).

Etymology

From Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papuros), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈpaɪrəs/
• Rhymes: -aɪrəs

Noun

papyrus (plural papyri or papyruses)

1. (usually uncountable) A plant in the sedge family, Cyperus papyrus, native to the Nile river valley.
2. (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
3. (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

Translations

A plant in the sedge family

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紙草 (cmn), 纸草 (cmn) (zhǐcǎo)

• Czech: šáchor papírodárný (cs) m
• French: papyrus (fr) m
• German: Papyrus (de) m, Echter Papyrus (de) m, Papyrusstaude (de) f
• Hebrew: גומא \ גֹּמֶא (he) (góme) m, פָּפִּירוּס (he) (papírus) m, גומא פפירוס \ גֹּמֶא־פָּפִּירוּס (he) (góme-papírus) m

• Hungarian: papirusznád (hu)
• Italian: papiro (it) m
• Japanese: パピルス (ja) (papirusu)
• Latin: papyrus (la) m
• Russian: папирус (ru) (papírus) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: papirus (sh) m
• Turkish: papirüs (tr)

A material made from this plant

• Czech: papyrus (cs) m
• French: papyrus (fr) m
• German: Papyrus (de) m
• Hebrew: פָּפִּירוּס (he) (papírus) m
• Hungarian: papirusz (hu)

• Italian: papiro (it) m
• Latin: papyrus (la) m
• Russian: папирус (ru) (papírus) m 
• Turkish: papirüs (tr)

A scroll or document written on this material

• Czech: papyrus (cs) m
• French: papyrus (fr) m
• German: Papyrus (de) m
• Hebrew: פָּפִּירוּס (he) (papírus) m
• Hungarian: papirusz (hu)

• Italian: papiro (it) m
• Latin: papyrus (la) m
• Portuguese: papiro (pt) m
• Russian: папирус (ru) (papírus) m 
• Turkish: papirüs (tr)

Related terms

• papyrology
• papyrologist

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Latin

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Alternative forms

• papȳrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papuros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /pa.ˈpyː.rus/

• Audio (Classical)

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• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /pa.ˈpi.rus/

• Audio (Ecclesiastical)

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• Audio (Roman)

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Noun

papȳrus (genitive papȳrī); m, f, second declension

1. papyrus (plant)
2. a garment made from papyrus
3. paper made from papyrus

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	papȳrus	papȳrī
genitive	papȳrī	papȳrōrum
dative	papȳrō	papȳrīs
accusative	papȳrum	papȳrōs
ablative	papȳrō	papȳrīs
vocative	papȳre	papȳrī

Derived terms

• papȳrāceus
• papȳrifer
• papȳrinus
• papȳriō
• papȳrius

Descendants

• English: papyrus