vellum

See also: velum

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛləm/

Noun

vellum (countable and uncountable, 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.

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上等犊皮纸

• Esperanto: veleno (eo)
• Finnish: pergamentti (fi), veliini (fi)
• French: vélin (fr) m
• Georgian: პერგამენტი (ṗergamenṭi), ცვილულა (cvilula)
• Interlingua: vitellino
• Irish: párpháipéar m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pergamena (it) f, cartapecora (it) f, membrana (it) f, vello (it) m
• Japanese: 上質皮紙 (jōshitsuhishi), ベラム (beramu)
• Portuguese: velino (pt) m
• Russian: перга́мент (ru) (pergáment)
• Spanish: vitela (es)
• Turkish: tirşe (tr), tirşe taklidi kağıt
• Volapük: pigmin (vo)

writing paper of very high quality

• Finnish: silopaperi
• French: vélin (fr) m
• German: Pergement n, Velin n
• Irish: párpháipéar m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ベラム紙 (beramushi), ベラム (beramu)
• Swedish: veläng n
• Turkish: parşömen (tr), parşömen kağıdı

See also

• bookfell
• parchment

Anagrams

• mulvel

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Icelandic

Noun

Template:is-noun form f

1. indefinite dative plural of vella

Verb

1. first-person plural present indicative of vella
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of vella

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Old Norse

Noun

vellum

1. (deprecated template usage) dative plural of vell
2. (deprecated template usage) dative plural of vella

Verb

vellum

1. inflection of vella
   1. first-person plural present indicative of vella
   2. first-person plural imperative of vella