Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [paˈpero]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧ro

Noun edit

papero (accusative singular paperon, plural paperoj, accusative plural paperojn)

  1. paper

Derived terms edit

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Esperanto paperoEnglish paperFrench papierGerman PapierSpanish papel, all ultimately from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

papero (plural paperi)

  1. paper

Derived terms edit

Paronyms edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Spanish parpar (to quack).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -apero
  • Hyphenation: pà‧pe‧ro

Noun edit

papero m (plural paperi, feminine papera, diminutive paperétto or paperìno or paperòtto or paperòttolo or paperùccio, augmentative paperóne, pejorative paperàccio)

  1. gosling
    Synonyms: paperino, paperotto
  2. (colloquial) duckling
    Synonym: anatroccolo
    papera di gommarubber duck
  3. gander or drake

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • papero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • papero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • papero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • pàpero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • pàpero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From papa +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paˈpeɾo/ [paˈpe.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ro

Adjective edit

papero (feminine papera, masculine plural paperos, feminine plural paperas)

  1. (relational) potato

Noun edit

papero m (plural paperos, feminine papera, feminine plural paperas)

  1. potato seller or grower

Further reading edit