paper

English

A sheet of paper.

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman paper, from Old French papier, from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papyros).

Pronunciation

Noun

paper (countable and uncountable; plural papers)

A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
(uncountable) Wallpaper.
(uncountable) Wrapping paper.
A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
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).
A scholastic essay.
(slang) money.
(New Zealand) A university course.

Derived terms

Translations

material for writing on

Afrikaans: papier (af)
Albanian: letër (sq), kartë (sq)
Amharic: ወረቀት (am) (wäräqätə)
Arabic: ورقة (ar) (wáraqa) f
Armenian: թուղթ (hy) (t’uġt’)
Old Armenian: թուղթ (tʿułtʿ)
Azeri: kağız (az)
Baluchi: کاگد (kágad)
Bashkir: ҡағыҙ (qağïð)
Basque: paper (eu)
Belarusian: папера (be) (papéra) f
Breton: paper (br) m
Bulgarian: хартия (bg) (hartija) f
Burmese: စက္ကူ (my) (se' ku)
Catalan: paper (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紙 (cmn), 纸 (cmn) (zhǐ)
Crimean Tatar: kâğıt
Czech: papír (cs) m
Danish: papir (da)
Dhivehi: ކަރުދާސް (dv)
Dutch: papier (nl) n
Erzya: конёв (konjov)
Esperanto: papero (eo)
Estonian: paber (et)
Faroese: pappír (fo)
Finnish: paperi (fi)
French: papier (fr) m
Galician: papel (gl) m
Georgian: ქაღალდი (ka) (k‘ağaldi)
German: Papier (de) n
Greek: χαρτί (el) (chartí) n
Guaraní: kuatia
Gujarati: કાગજ (gu)
Hawaiian: pepa
Hebrew: נייר (he) (ni'yar) m, דף (he) (da'f) m
Hindi: काग़ज़ (hi) (kāġaz) m
Hungarian: papír (hu)
Icelandic: pappír (is) m
Ido: papero (io)
Indonesian: kertas (id)
Interlingua: papiro
Irish: páipéar (ga) m
Italian: carta (it) f
Japanese: 紙 (ja) (かみ, kami)
Javanese: dluwang (jv)
Kannada: ಕಾಗದ (kn) (kāgada)
Karachay-Balkar: къагъыт
Kazakh: қағаз (kk) (qağaz)
Khmer: ក្រដាស (km) (grədāh)
Korean: 종이 (ko) (jong-i)
Kurdish: perr (ku) m, kaxez (ku) f, کاغه‌ز (ku), قاقه‌ز (ku)
Kyrgyz: кагаз (ky) (qağaz)
Latin: charta (la) f

Latvian: papīrs (lv) m
Lithuanian: popierius (lt)
Luxembourgish: Pabeier (lb) n
Macedonian: хартија (mk) (hártija) f
Malagasy: taratasy (mg)
Malay: kertas (ms)
Malayalam: കടലാസ് (ml) (kaṭalās)
Maori: pepa (mi)
Marathi: कागद (mr) (kāgad)
Mongolian: цаас (mn) (tsaas)
Nepali: कागज (ne) (kāgaja)
Norwegian: papir (no), ark (no)
Oriya: ପେପର୍ (or) (pēpar)
Ossetian: гæххæтт (gæxxætt)
Persian: کاغذ (fa) (kâğaz)
Pipil: amat
Polish: papier (pl) m
Portuguese: papel (pt) m
Romanian: hârtie (ro) f
Romansch: palpiri (rm) m, pupi (rm) m, palpier (rm) m, pulpier (rm) m, pupier (rm) m, palpieri (rm) m, palperi (rm) m
Russian: бумага (ru) (bumága) f
Scottish Gaelic: pàipear (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: папир m, хартија f (archaic, poetic)

Roman: papir m, hartija f (archaic, poetic)
Sindhi: پنو (sd) (panno) m, ڪاغذ (kāgaz) m
Slovak: papier (sk) m
Slovene: papir (sl) m
Somali: xaansho (so)
Spanish: papel (es) m
Swahili: karatasi (sw), karatasi (sw)
Swedish: papper (sv) n
Tagalog: papel (tl)
Tahitian: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: коғаз (tg) (koġaz)
Tamil: காகிதம் (ta) (kakitham)
Tatar: кәгазь (tt) (kägaz’)
Telugu: కాగితము (te) (kāgitamu)
Tetum: surat-tahan
Thai: กระดาษ (th) (gràdàat)
Tibetan: ཤོག་བུ། (bo) (shog bu)
Tok Pisin: pepa (tpi)
Tupinambá: kûatîara
Turkish: kâğıt (tr)
Turkmen: kagyz (tk)
Tz'utujil: wuuj
Ukrainian: папір (uk) (papír) m
Urdu: کاغذ (ur) (kāġaz) m
Uyghur: قەغەز (ug) (qeghez)
Uzbek: qog'oz (uz)
Vietnamese: giấy (vi) (紙 (vi))
Welsh: papur (cy) m
West Frisian: papier (fy) n
Yiddish: פּאַפּיר (yi) (papir) n

newspaper — see newspaper

wallpaper — see wallpaper

wrapping paper — see wrapping paper

written document shorter than a book

Arabic: وَرَقَة (ar)
Bulgarian: документ (bg) m (dokument), статия (bg) f (statija)
Catalan: article (ca) m
Czech: článek m (scientific)
Dutch: document (nl) n, werk (nl) n, eindwerk (nl) n
Finnish: raportti (fi), paperi (fi)
German: Papier (de) n, Dokument (de) n
Greek: έγγραφο (el) n (éngrafo)
Indonesian: surat-surat, dokumen
Macedonian: документ (mk) (dokumént) m
Norwegian: artikkel (no) m

Polish: artykuł (pl) m
Portuguese: artigo (pt) m
Romanian: document (ro) n
Russian: бумага (ru) (bumága) f
Spanish: artículo (es) m
Swedish: artikel (sv) c
Telugu: దస్తావేజు (te) (dastaavaeju)
Turkish: kâğıt (tr)
Ukrainian: документ (uk) (dokumént) m
Vietnamese: bài văn (vi)
Welsh: dogfen (cy) f

academic paper

Arabic: وَرَقَة (ar)
Catalan: article (ca) m
Czech: článek (cs) m
Faroese: ritgerð (fo) f
Finnish: tutkielma (fi), tutkimus (fi), artikkeli (fi), esitelmä (fi)
Indonesian: karangan, tesis, naskah

Italian: articolo (it) m, pubblicazione (it) f, saggio (it) m, studio (it) m, ricerca (it) f
Japanese: 論文 (ja) (ろんぶん, ronbun)
Macedonian: статија (mk) (státija) f
Spanish: papel académico (es) m
Swedish: artikel (sv) c, papper (sv) n (colloquial)
Welsh: papur academaidd (cy) m

scholastic essay

French : rédaction (fr) f

Adjective

paper (not comparable)

Made of paper.
paper bag

paper plane
Insubstantial.
paper tiger

paper gangster

Translations

made of paper

Arabic: وَرَقِيّ (ar)
Breton: paper (br)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紙製的 (cmn), 纸制的 (cmn) (zhǐzhì de)
Czech: papírový (cs)
Dutch: papieren (nl)
Estonian: paberist, indicated by forming compounds with paber-: paper flower: paberlill (et), etc
Finnish: paperinen, paperi-
French: en papier (fr), de papier
German: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel (de); paper cup: Papierbecher (de), etc
Greek: χάρτινος (el) (chártinos)
Hebrew: נייר (he)

Hungarian: papír (hu)
Icelandic: pappírs- (is), pappa- (is)
Indonesian: dari bahan kertas
Italian: di carta (it), cartaceo (it)
Norwegian: papir (no)
Persian: کاغذی (fa) (kâğazi)
Polish: papierowy (pl) m
Portuguese: de papel (pt)
Romanian: de hârtie (ro)
Russian: бумажный (ru) (bumážnyj)
Spanish: de papel (es)
Swedish: pappers- (sv)
Telugu: కాగితపు (te) (kaagitapu)
Vietnamese: bằng giấy (vi)

Verb

paper (third-person singular simple present papers, present participle papering, simple past and past participle papered)

(transitive) To apply paper to.
to paper the hallway walls
(transitive) To document; to memorialize.
After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.