papeterie

English

Etymology

From French papeterie (“paper manufacture”), from papier (“paper”).

Noun

papeterie (plural papeteries)

1. (dated) A case or box containing paper and writing materials.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “papeterie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Alternative forms

• papèterie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pə.t(ə).ʁi/, /pa.pɛ.tʁi/, /pa.pe.tʁi/

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Noun

papeterie f (plural papeteries)

1. papermaking
2. papermaker
3. papeterie
4. stationery

Related terms

• papetier
• papier

Further reading

• “papeterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.