vellum

See also velum

English

Etymology

From Old French velin (French vélin), from vel (“veal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛləm/

Noun

vellum (plural vellums)

1. A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
2. A writing paper of very high quality.

See also

• bookfell
• parchment

Translations

type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上等犊皮纸 (cmn)

• Esperanto: veleno (eo)
• Finnish: pergamentti (fi), veliini (fi)
• French: vélin (fr) m
• Interlingua: vitellino (ia)

• Japanese: 上質皮紙 (ja) (jōshitsuhishi), ベラム (ja) (beramu)
• Russian: пергамент (ru) (pergament)
• Spanish: vitela (es)
• Turkish: tirşe (tr), tirşe taklidi kağıt (tr)
• Volapük: pigmin (vo)

writing paper of very high quality

• Finnish: silopaperi (fi)
• French: vélin (fr) m
• German: Pergement (de) n, Velin (de) n

• Japanese: ベラム紙 (ja) (beramushi), ベラム (ja) (beramu)
• Swedish: veläng (sv) n
• Turkish: parşömen (tr), parşömen kağıdı (tr)