papier mâché

See also: papier mache, papier-mache, papier-maché, and papier-mâché

French

Etymology

Literally, “chewed-up paper”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pje ma.ʃe/ ~ /pa.pje mɑ.ʃe/
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

papier mâché m (uncountable)

1. papier-mâché (paper mixed with glue used to create sculptures)

   Hyponym: carton-pierre m

Descendants

• → English: papier-mâché, papier-maché, papier-mache, papier mache (preserving the French spelling of papier), paper mâché, paper maché, paper mache, paper machee (adapting the spelling of paper)
• → Armenian: պապիե-մաշե (papie-maše)
• → Catalan: paper maixé (partial calque)
• → Czech: papírmaš
• → Danish: papmaché
• → Dutch: papier-maché
• → Estonian: papjeemašee
• → Georgian: პაპიემაშე (ṗaṗiemaše)
• → German: Pappmaschee, Pappmaché
• → Greek: παπιέ μασέ (papié masé)
• → Haitian Creole: papye mache
• → Hungarian: papírmasé
• → Japanese: パピエ・マシェ (papie-mashe)
• → Korean: 파피에마세 (papiemase)
• → Latvian: papjēmašē
• → Lithuanian: papjė mašė
• → Norwegian: pappmasjé, papirmasjé
• → Persian: پاپیه ماشه (pâpiye mâše)
• → Polish: papier mâché
• → Portuguese: papel-machê, papel machê (partial calque)
• → Romanian: papier mâché
• → Russian: папье́-маше́ (papʹjé-mašé)
• → Serbo-Croatian: pàpīr-maše
• → Spanish: papel maché (partial calque)
• → Swedish: papier-maché, papjemaché, pappmaché (dated)
• → Ukrainian: пап'є́-маше́ (papʺjé-mašé)
• → Vietnamese: pa-pi-ê-ma-sê

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papˈjɛ maˈʂɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

papier mâché n (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. papier-mâché (paper mixed with glue used to create sculptures)

Further reading

• “papier mâché”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “papier mâché”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.piˈe maˈʃe/
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

papier mâché n (uncountable)

1. papier-mâché (paper mixed with glue used to create sculptures)

Further reading

• “papier mâché”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026