white paper

See also: whitepaper

English

Alternative forms

• whitepaper, white-paper

Noun

white paper (plural white papers)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see white,‎ paper.
2. (management, marketing) A factual write-up of something, specifically devoid of the appearance of marketing.
3. (Britain, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing government policy.
4. (European Union) A document published by the European Commission that contains proposals for European Union action in a specific area.

Translations

marketing document

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白皮書 (zh), 白皮书 (zh) (báipíshū), 白紙 (zh), 白纸 (zh) (báizhǐ)

• Finnish: valkoinen kirja, white paper
• French: livre blanc (fr) m
• German: Weißbuch (de) n, Whitepaper m

• Japanese: 白書 (はくしょ, hakusho), ホワイトペーパー (howaitopēpā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvitbok

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

parliamentary document

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: valkoinen kirja
• French: livre blanc (fr) m

• Russian: бе́лая кни́га f (bélaja kníga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: bijela knjiga f

EU document

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: valkoinen kirja

• Russian: бе́лая кни́га f (bélaja kníga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: bijela knjiga f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} páipéar bán m
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} kertas putih

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} stortingsmelding f, ^{(please verify)} stortingsmelding f

See also

• green paper

Anagrams

• paperwhite