stationery

English

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Etymology

stationer +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənəri/, X-SAMPA: /"steIS@n@ri/
• (US) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr-ĭ, IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənɛri/, X-SAMPA: /"steIS@nEri/
• Homophones: stationary

Noun

stationery (uncountable)

1. writing materials, envelopes, office materials

   When school finished he threw all of his stationery away as he no longer had any need for pencils and exercise books.

Hyponyms

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Translations

writing materials

• Arabic: قرطاسية (ar) (qirṭāsíyya) f
• Armenian: գրենական պիտույքներ (hy) (grenakan pituyk’ner)
• Catalan: papereria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文具 (cmn) (wénjù)

• Czech: papírnictví (cs) n
• Finnish: kirjoitusvälineet (fi) pl, kirjoitustarvikkeet (fi)
• French: papeterie (fr) f
• German: Büromaterial (de) n, Schreibwaren (de) f pl
• Italian: cancelleria (it) f
• Japanese: 文房具 (ja) (ぶんぼうぐ, bunbōgu), 文具 (ja) (ぶんぐ, bungu)

• Jèrriais: papet'tie f
• Korean: 문방구 (ko) (munbanggu) (文房具 (ko))
• Malay: alat tulis (ms)
• Polish: artykuły papiernicze (pl) pl
• Portuguese: papelaria (pt) f
• Russian: канцелярские товары (ru) (kanceljárskije továry) m pl, канцтовары (ru) (kanctováry) m pl, канцелярские принадлежности (ru) (kanceljárskije prinadléžnosti) f pl
• Spanish: papelería (es) f
• Turkish: kırtasiye (tr)
• Vietnamese: văn phòng phẩm (vi)
• Volapük: papüracans (vo)

Adjective

stationery

1. Common misspelling of stationary.