white paper

See also: whitepaper

English

Alternative forms

• whitepaper, white-paper

Noun

white paper (plural white papers)

1. (management, marketing) A factual write-up of something, specifically devoid of the appearance of marketing.
2. (British, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing government policy or action.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ paper.

Descendants

• → Polish: biała księga (calque)

Translations

marketing document

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白皮書／白皮书 (zh) (báipíshū)

• Danish: hvidbog c
• Finnish: valkoinen kirja, white paper
• French: livre blanc (fr) m
• German: Weißbuch (de) n, Whitepaper m
• Hungarian: fehér könyv
• Italian: libro bianco m
• Japanese: 白書 (ja) (はくしょ, hakusho), ホワイトペーパー (howaito-pēpā)
• Macedonian: бела книга f (bela kniga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvitbok

• Russian: бе́лая кни́га f (bélaja kníga)
• Swedish: vitbok (sv)

parliamentary document

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白皮書／白皮书 (zh) (báipíshū)

• Danish: hvidbog c
• Dutch: witboek (nl) n
• Finnish: valkoinen kirja
• French: livre blanc (fr) m
• German: Weißbuch (de) n
• Hungarian: fehér könyv
• Irish: Páipéar Bán m
• Italian: libro bianco m
• Japanese: 白書 (ja) (hakusho)
• Korean: 백서(白書) (baekseo)
• Polish: biała księga f
• Romanian: carte albă (ro) f
• Russian: бе́лая кни́га f (bélaja kníga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: bijela knjiga f

• Swedish: vitbok (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} páipéar bán m
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} kertas putih (ms)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} stortingsmelding f, ^{(please verify)} stortingsmelding f

See also

• green paper

Anagrams

• paperwhite