wrapping paper

English

Noun

wrapping paper (countable and uncountable, plural wrapping papers)

2. Paper used for wrapping parcels (in this case, often brown) or presents (in this case, often colourful/colorful and decorative).

   Synonym: paper (ellipsis)

   Hyponyms: butcher paper, wax paper (packaging types); giftwrap, gift-wrap (gift-covering type)

   • 1940 December, “ADDRESS IT CLEARLY”, in Railway Magazine, page iv, advertisement by the British Railways:

     Difficulties are arising from the use of wrapping paper from which the old addresses have not been removed. Clearly addressed labels will help the Railways to deliver your parcels quickly.

Related terms

• kraft paper (often used as wrapping paper)

Translations

paper used for wrapping parcels or presents

• Arabic: وَرَق تَغْلِيف m (waraq taḡlīf)
• Catalan: paper (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包裝紙 / 包装纸 (zh) (bāozhuāngzhǐ)

• Czech: balicí papír m (not necessarily decorative), ozdobný papír m (decorative)
• Dutch: pakpapier (nl) n
• Finnish: käärepaperi (not necessarily decorative), lahjapaperi (fi) (decorative)
• French: papier d'emballage (fr) m
• German: Packpapier (de) n (not decorative), Geschenkpapier (de) n (decorative)
• Hebrew: נְיַר עֲטִיפָה m (n'yar atifá)
• Irish: páipéar beartán m
• Japanese: 包装紙 (ja) (ほうそうし, hōsōshi)
• Korean: 포장지 (ko) (pojangji)
• Malay: kertas pembungkus
• Māori: pepa ruruku, pepa tākai
• Norman: papi d'emballage m (Jersey)
• Polish: papier pakowy m
• Portuguese: papel de/para embrulho m
• Russian: обёрточная бума́га f (objórtočnaja bumága), упако́вочная бума́га f (upakóvočnaja bumága)
• Spanish: papel de envolver m
• Swedish: omslagspapper (sv) (not necessarily decorative), presentpapper (sv) (decorative)
• Turkish: ambalaj (tr), ambalaj kağıdı
• Volapük: päkamapapür
• Welsh: papur lapio (cy)
• Yakut: суу кумааҕыта (suu kumaağïta)