papiro
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Same as papero.
Noun edit
papiro (plural papiri)
Paronyms edit
- papero (“papyrus”)
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
papiro (plural papiros)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπῡρος (pápūros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
papiro m (plural papiri)
- (uncountable) papyrus (plant) (Cyperus papyrus)
- (uncountable) papyrus (material made from the plant)
- papyrus (scroll or document written on the material)
- (by extension, archaic) paper
- Synonym: carta
- (by extension, humorous) a usually boring text or document
- (by extension, historical) a document given as proof of admission into the student world
Further reading edit
- papiro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papel and pavio.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pa‧pi‧ro
Noun edit
papiro m (plural papiros)
- papyrus (Cyperus papyrus, a plant native to the Nile valley)
- papyrus (a paper-like material made from the papyrus plant)
- papyrus (a document written on papyrus)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papel and pabilo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
papiro m (plural papiros)
- papyrus (a plant in the sedge family)
- papyrus (a material similar to paper)
- papyrus (a scroll or document written on papyrus)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “papiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014