Complete Definition of "paper"

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English
rank|particular|charge|church|604|paper|object|faith|gentleman

Etymology
From Anglo-Norman paper, from OF. papier, from L. papyrus, from Gr. �ά���ο� (papiros).

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�peɪp�/
(General American|US) IPA|/�peɪp�/
audio|en-us-paper.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|s|-

  1. A sheet material used for write|writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
  2. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
  3. uncountable Wallpaper.
  4. uncountable Wrapping paper.
  5. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
  6. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).

Translations

trans-top|material for writing on
Arabic: Arab|�ر�ة (wáraqa) f
Bosnian: papir m, hartija f ("arch." and "poetic")
Breton: paper m -où p
Bulgarian: �а��и� (hartija) f
Catalan: paper m :ca:paper|(ca)
Chinese: �, 纸 (zh�)
Croatian: t-|hr|papir|m
Czech: t-|cs|papír|m
Danish: t-|da|papir
Dutch: t+|nl|papier|n
Erzya: кон�в (konjov)
Estonian: paber
Finnish: t+|fi|paperi
French: t+|fr|papier|m
Frisian: papier n
German: Papier n :de:Papier|(de)
Greek: t+|el|�α��ί|n|sc=Grek
Guarani: kuatia
Hebrew: נ��ר (Ni'yar) m, �ף (Da'ff) m
Hindi: �ा�़�़ (k�<u>g</u>az) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|papír
Icelandic: t+|is|pappír|m
Interlingua: papiro
Irish: páipéar
Italian: t+|it|carta|f
Japanese: � (��, kami)
Korean: �� (jong-i)
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Kurdish: perr m, kaxez f, KUchar|کاغ��ز, KUchar|�ا���ز
Kyrgyz: кагаз (qa�az)
Latin: t-|la|charta|f
Latvian: t-|lv|papīrs|m|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: popierius
Malayalam: ��ലാസ� (katalaas)
Marathi: �ा�द (k�gad)
Norwegian: t+|no|papir, t+|no|ark
Persian: FAchar|�اغذ (k�ghaz)
Polish: t+|pl|papier|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|papel|m
Romanian: hârtie f
Russian: t+|ru|б�мага|f|trbumága|scCyrl
Serbian:

Sindhi: SDchar|پ�� (Panno) m, SDchar|ڪاغذ (k�<u>g</u>az) m
Slovak: t-|sk|papier|m
Slovene: t+|sl|papir|m
Spanish: t+|es|papel|m
Swedish: papper n
Tagalog: papel
Tamil: t|ta|�ா�ிதம�|xs=Tamil(kakitham)
Telugu: t|te|�ా�ితమ�|sc=Telu(kaagitamu)
Tetum: surat-tahan
Tupinambá: kûatîara
Turkish: t+|tr|kâ�ıt
Tz'utujil: wuuj
Ukrainian: пап�� (papír) m
Urdu: URchar|کاغذ (k�<u>g</u>az) m
Vietnamese: giấy
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<!--the translations that were here have been moved to "newspaper"-->
trans-top|newspaper
See: newspaper
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<!--the translations that were here have been moved to "wallpaper"-->
trans-top|wallpaper
See: wallpaper
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<!--the translations that were here have been moved to "wrapping paper"-->
trans-top|wrapping paper
See: wrapping paper
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trans-top|written document shorter than a book
Bulgarian: док�мен� m, ��а�и� f
Catalan: article m
Czech: �lánek m (scientific)
Dutch: document n, werk n, eindwerk n
Finnish: t-|fi|raportti, t+|fi|paperi
German: Papier n, Dokument n
Greek: :el:έγγ�α�ο|έγγ�α�ο n
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Norwegian: t-|no|artikkel|m
Polish: artyku� m
Portuguese: artigo m
Romanian: t-|ro|document|n
Russian: t+|ru|б�мага|f|trbumága|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|artículo|m
Swedish: artikel c, papper n (colloquial)
Telugu: దస�తావ��� (dastaavaeju)
Turkish: t+|tr|kâ�ıt
Ukrainian: док�мен� (dokumént) m
Vietnamese: bài v�n
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trans-top|academic paper
Finnish: tutkielma, tutkimus, artikkeli, esitelmä
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Related terms
top3
banana paper
brown paper
green paper<!--political term-->
liquid paper
newspaper
mid3
paper cut
paper plane
paperbark
paperboy
paper round
rice paper
mid3
tarpaper
term paper
tissue paper
toilet paper
wallpaper
white paper<!--political term-->
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Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Made of paper.

#: paper bag
#: paper plane
<!--this is the same as the above: #Origami piece: paper plane, paper box.-->

Translations
trans-top|made of paper
Breton: paper
Chinese:

Dutch: papieren
Estonian: paberist, indicated by forming compounds with paber-: paper flower: paberlill,, etc
Finnish: paperinen, paperi-
French: en papier, de papier
German: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel; paper cup: Papierbecher, etc
Greek: :el:�ά��ινο�|�ά��ινο� m, :el:�ά��ινο�|�ά��ινη f, :el:�ά��ινο�|�ά��ινο n
Hebrew: t-|he|נ��ר|sc=Hebr
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Hungarian: t+|hu|papír
Icelandic: pappírs-, pappa-
Italian: di carta
Norwegian: t+|no|papir
Polish: papierowy m
Portuguese: de papel
Romanain: de hârtie
Spanish: de papel
Swedish: pappers-
Telugu: �ా�ితప� (kaagitapu)
Vietnamese: bằng giấy
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Verb
en-verb
transitive

  1. To wallpaper.

#: to paper over the cracks

Translations
trans-top|to wallpaper
See: wallpaper
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Category:1000 English basic words

ar:paper
zh-min-nan:paper
bs:paper
ca:paper
de:paper
el:paper
fa:paper
fr:paper
ko:paper
hy:paper
io:paper
id:paper
it:paper
kk:paper
ky:paper
ku:paper
lt:paper
hu:paper
nl:paper
ja:paper
pl:paper
pt:paper
ru:paper
simple:paper
sd:paper
sr:paper
fi:paper
sv:paper
tl:paper
ta:paper
te:paper
vi:paper
tr:paper
uk:paper
zh:paper

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