newspaper

English

Etymology

From news +‎ paper.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/, /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpə/

• Audio (Southern England); /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/:

  (file)

• (General American, Canada) enPR: n(y)o͞os'pāpər, n(y)o͞oz'pāpər, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)usˌpeɪpɚ/, /ˈn(j)uzˌpeɪpɚ/

• Audio (US); /ˈnuzˌpeɪpɚ/:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: news‧pa‧per

Noun

newspaper (countable and uncountable, plural newspapers)

1. (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality paper; today usually digital and often also available in print.

   Synonyms: daily, paper, (derogatory) rag, (Australia) masthead

   Hypernyms: periodical < publication

   Hyponyms: quality newspaper, newspaper of record; broadsheet, tabloid; e-newspaper, online newspaper, print newspaper; trade newspaper, wall newspaper, living newspaper, evening newspaper; fish wrap, scandal sheet

   Coordinate terms: news magazine, newsletter; magazine; journal, bulletin (the latter are sometimes synonymous)

   Many major newspapers are paywalled because they need the revenue.

   The paper boy delivers her newspaper to her front porch every weekday.

   • 1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home‎^[1], 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 64:

     There is, however, one habit of reading which has become almost a social evil; and that is the habit of reading newspapers which many indulge in, morning, noon, and night.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?

2. (countable, metonymic) The news organization that produces such a publication.

   Holonyms: press, news media, media

   Some newspapers are afraid to do hard-hitting investigative journalism. But this newspaper doesn't run from a fight.

3. (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

   Synonym: newsprint

   Hypernyms: paper; stock

Derived terms

• e-newspaper
• evening newspaper
• living newspaper
• newspaper cigar
• newspaperdom
• newspaperese
• newspaperish
• newspaperism
• newspaperland
• newspaperless
• newspaperman
• newspaperperson
• newspaper round
• newspaperwoman
• newspapery
• newspaporial
• online newspaper
• print newspaper
• quality newspaper
• trade newspaper
• wall newspaper

Translations

publication

• Abkhaz: агазеҭ (agazet)
• Afrikaans: koerant (af)
• Albanian: gazetë (sq) f, fletore (sq) f
• Amharic: ጋዜጣ (gazeṭa)
• Arabic: جَرِيدَة f (jarīda), صَحِيفَة f (ṣaḥīfa)

  Egyptian Arabic: جرنان m (gornān), جورنال m (gōrnāl) (Alexandria)

  Hijazi Arabic: جَرِيدَة f (jarīda)

  South Levantine Arabic: جَرِيدَة f (jarīda)

• Armenian: թերթ (hy) (tʻertʻ)
• Assamese: বাতৰি (batori)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܦܵܪܝܵܘܡܵܐ m (spāryāwmā)
• Asturian: periódicu m, papel (ast) m
• Aukan: kolanti
• Azerbaijani: qəzet (az)
• Bashkir: гәзит (gəzit)
• Basque: egunkari
• Belarusian: газе́та f (hazjéta), газэ́та f (hazéta) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: সংবাদপত্র (bn) (śoṅbadpotro) পত্রিকা (bn) (potrika), আখবার (bn) (akhbar)
• Breton: kazetenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: ве́стник (bg) m (véstnik)
• Burmese: သတင်းစာ (my) (sa.tang:ca)
• Buryat: һонин (honin)
• Carpathian Rusyn: нови́ны f pl (novýnŷ)
• Catalan: jornal (ca) m, diari (ca) m, periòdic (ca) m
• Chechen: газета (gazeta), газет (gazet)
• Chichewa: nyuzi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 報紙 / 报纸 (bou³ zi²)

  Dungan: бозы (bozɨ), бо (bo)

  Eastern Min: 報紙 / 报纸 (bó̤-cāi)

  Hakka: 報紙 / 报纸 (po-chṳ́), 新聞紙 / 新闻纸 (sîn-vùn-chṳ́)

  Hokkien: 報紙 / 报纸 (zh-min-nan) (pò-chóa), 新聞 / 新闻 (zh-min-nan) (sin-bûn), 新聞紙 / 新闻纸 (sin-bûn-chóa)

  Jin: 報紙 / 报纸 (bau³ zi²)

  Mandarin: 報紙 / 报纸 (zh) (bàozhǐ), 報 / 报 (zh) (bào), 報章 / 报章 (zh) (bàozhāng)

  Wu: 報紙 / 报纸

• Chuukese: simpung
• Chuvash: хаҫат (haś̬at)
• Crimean Tatar: gazeta
• Czech: noviny (cs) f pl
• Danish: avis (da) c, dagblad (da) n, tidsskrift (da) c
• Dhivehi: ނޫސްް
• Dutch: courant (nl) f, dagblad (nl) n, gazet (nl) f, krant (nl) f, nieuwsblad (nl) n
• Elfdalian: tiningg f
• Erzya: куляконёв (kuľakońov), газета (gazeta)
• Esperanto: ĵurnalo (eo)
• Estonian: ajaleht (et), leht (et)
• Faroese: blað n, tíðindablað n, dagblað n
• Fijian: niusi.veva
• Finnish: sanomalehti (fi), lehti (fi)
• French: journal (fr) m
• Fula:

  Adlam: ^{(please verify)} 𞤳𞤭𞤦𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤭, ^{(please verify)} 𞤧𞤵𞤪𞤲𞤢

  Latin: ^{(please verify)} kibirdi, ^{(please verify)} surnal

• Galician: xornal (gl) m
• Georgian: გაზეთი (ka) (gazeti)
• German: Zeitung (de) f
• Greek: εφημερίδα (el) f (efimerída)
• Greenlandic: aviisi
• Guaraní: kuatiahaipyre
• Gujarati: અખબાર (gu) m or n (akhabār), સમાચારપત્ર n (samācārpatra), વર્તમાનપત્ર (vartamānpatra), છાપું (gu) n (chāpũ)
• Hausa: jarida
• Hawaiian: nūpepa
• Hebrew: עִיתּוֹן (he) (‘itón)
• Hindi: अख़बार (hi) m (axbār), समाचारपत्र (hi) m (samācārpatra), वृत्तपत्र (hi) m (vŕttapatra), अखबार (hi) m (akhbār), वार्तापत्रिका f (vārtāpatrikā), रोज़नामा m (roznāmā), पत्र (hi) m (patra), पत्रिका (hi) f (patrikā), जरीदा (hi) m (jarīdā)
• Hungarian: hírlap (hu), újság (hu)
• Hunsrik: Zeidung f
• Icelandic: dagblað (is) n, fréttablað n, blað (is) n
• Ido: jurnalo (io)
• Inari Sami: aavis
• Indonesian: koran (id), surat kabar (id)
• Ingrian: gazetti
• Irish: nuachtán (ga) m, páipéar nuachta m
• Italian: giornale (it) m, quotidiano (it) m
• Japanese: 新聞 (ja) (しんぶん, shinbun)
• Javanese: ariwara, ariwarta, ariwarti, koran (jv)
• Kalmyk: сонин (sonin)
• Kannada: ವೃತ್ತಪತ್ರಿಕೆ (kn) (vṛttapatrike), ಸಮಾಚಾರ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ (kn) (samācāra patrike), ವಾರ್ತಾಪತ್ರಿಕೆ (kn) (vārtāpatrike)
• Kashubian: cajtung m, gazéta f
• Kazakh: газет (gazet), үнжария (ünjariä)
• Khmer: កាសែត (km) (kaasaet), សារពត៌មាន (saapɔədɑɑmiən)
• Korean: 신문(新聞) (ko) (sinmun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆژنامە (ckb) (rojname)

  Northern Kurdish: rojname (ku) f, nûçename (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: гезит (ky) (gezit), күнчө (ky) (küncö)
• Lao: ໜັງສືພິມ (nang sư̄ phim)
• Latin: acta diurna n pl, acta (la) n pl, diurnum n
• Latvian: avīze (lv) f, laikraksts (lv) m
• Lingala: nkasa ya nsango
• Lithuanian: laikraštis (lt) m
• Lü: ᦐᧂᦉᦹᦘᦲᧄ (ṅangṡuephiim)
• Luganda: olupapula lwa mawulire
• Luxembourgish: Zeitung (lb) f
• Macedonian: весник m (vesnik)
• Malagasy: gazety (mg)
• Malay: akhbar (ms), surat khabar (ms)
• Malayalam: ദിനപത്രം (ml) (dinapatraṁ)
• Maltese: gazzetta (mt) f, ġurnal m
• Maori: nūpepa
• Marathi: वर्तमानपत्र n (vartamānpatra), वृत्तपत्र n (vruttapatra)
• Moksha: газета (gazeta)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сонин (mn) (sonin)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠨᠢᠨ (sonin)

• Navajo: aseezį́ binaaltsoos, haneʼ binaaltsoos
• Nepali: अखबार (ne) (akhabār)
• Norman: gâzette f
• Northern Sami: aviisa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avis (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: avis f

• Occitan: jornal (oc) m
• Odia: ସମ୍ବାଦପତ୍ର (sambādapatra), ଖବରକାଗଜ (or) (khabarakāgaja)
• Okinawan: かみはぶ (kamihabu)
• Oromo: gaazexaa
• Ossetian: газет (gazet)
• Ottoman Turkish: غزته (gazeta, gazete), روزنامه (ruzname), جریده (cerîde)
• Pannonian Rusyn: новини f pl (novini)
• Pashto: ورځپاڼه (ps) (wrajpāṇa), جريده (ps) (jarida), روزنامه (roznāma), اخبار (ps) m pl (axbār), ژورنال (žurnāl)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: روزْنَامَه (rōznāma), جَرِیدَه (jarīda)

  Dari: روزْنَامَه (rōznāma), جَرِیدَه (jarīda), اَخْبَار (axbār)

  Iranian Persian: روزْنامِه (ruznâme), جَریدِه (jaride), اَخْبار (axbâr)

• Plautdietsch: Zeitunk f
• Pohnpeian: simpung
• Polish: gazeta (pl) f
• Portuguese: jornal (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅਖਬਾਰ (pa) f (akhabār), ਸਮਾਚਾਰ ਪੱਤਰ (pa) m (samācār pattar)
• Romanian: ziar (ro) n
• Romansch: gasetta f
• Russian: газе́та (ru) f (gazéta)
• Santali: ᱵᱮᱣᱨᱟ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ (bevra sakam), ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱜᱚᱡᱽ
• Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-naidheachd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̀вине f pl

  Roman: nòvine (sh) f pl

• Silesian: cajtůng m
• Sindhi: اخبار (sd)
• Sinhalese: පුවත්පත (puwatpata), පත්තරේ (pattarē)
• Skolt Sami: gaˊzaat, gaˊzeâˊt
• Slovak: noviny f pl
• Slovene: časopis (sl) m, časnik (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: casnik m

  Upper Sorbian: nowiny f pl

• Sotho: koranta (st)
• Spanish: periódico (es) m, diario (es) m, rotativo (es) m, gaceta (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: koranti
• Swahili: gazeti (sw) class 5/6
• Swedish: tidning (sv) c, dagstidning (sv) c, morgontidning (sv) c, kvällstidning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dyariyo, pahayagan (tl)
• Tajik: газета (tg) (gazeta), рӯзнома (tg) (rüznoma), ҷарида (jarida) (literary)
• Tamil: நாளிதழ் (ta) (nāḷitaḻ), செய்தித்தாள் (ta) (ceytittāḷ)
• Tatar: газет (ğazet), гәзит (gäzit)
• Telugu: వార్తాపత్రిక (te) (vārtāpatrika)
• Thai: หนังสือพิมพ์ (th) (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-pim)
• Tibetan: ཚག་པར (tshag par)
• Tigrinya: ጋዜጣ (gazeṭa)
• Tok Pisin: niuspepa
• Tundra Nenets: газета (gazyeta)
• Turkish: gazete (tr), günce (tr), gaste (tr) (colloquial), yenün, ceride (tr), ruzname (tr)
• Turkmen: gazet
• Udmurt: газета (gaźeta), газет (gaźet)
• Ukrainian: газе́та (uk) f (hazéta)
• Urdu: اَخْبار m (axbār), روزْنامَہ m (roznāma), سَماچار پَتْر m (samācār patr), جَرِیدَہ m (jarīda)
• Uyghur: گېزىت (gëzit)
• Uzbek: roʻznoma (uz), gazeta (uz), jarida (uz) (dated)
• Vietnamese: tờ báo, báo (vi), báo chí (vi)
• Vilamovian: cajtung f
• Welsh: papur newydd (cy) m; newyddiadur m
• West Frisian: krante c
• Western Panjabi: خبر (pnb) f (xbr)
• Yakut: хаһыат (qahıat)
• Yiddish: צײַטונג f (tsaytung)
• Yoruba: ìwé ìròyìn
• Zazaki: qezeta (diq) m rocdek c
• Zhuang: bauqceij

paper on which newspapers are printed

• Afrikaans: koerantpapier
• Armenian: թերթ (hy) (tʻertʻ)
• Bengali: খবরের কাগজ (bn) (khoborer kagoj)
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 報紙 / 报纸 (po-chṳ́), 新聞紙 / 新闻纸 (sîn-vùn-chṳ́)

  Mandarin: 新聞用紙 / 新闻用纸 (xīnwén yòng zhǐ); 白報紙 / 白报纸 (bái bàozhǐ)

• Czech: novinový papír m
• Danish: avispapir
• Dutch: krantenpapier (nl) n
• Estonian: ajalehepaber
• Finnish: sanomalehtipaperi
• French: papier journal (fr) m
• Galician: papel de xornal m
• German: Zeitungspapier (de) n
• Icelandic: dagblaðapappír m
• Italian: carta da giornale f
• Japanese: 新聞紙 (ja) (しんぶんし, shinbunshi)
• Latvian: avīžpapīrs m, avīze (lv) f
• Lithuanian: laikraštinis popierius m
• Maltese: gazzetta (mt) f
• Norwegian: avispapir n
• Persian: کاغذ روزنامه (kâğaz-e ruznâme)
• Polish: gazeta (pl) f, gazetówka f
• Portuguese: papel de periódico m, papel-jornal m
• Russian: газе́тная бума́га f (gazétnaja bumága)
• Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-naidheachd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: novine (sh) f pl

• Slovak: novinový papier m
• Spanish: papel de periódico m
• Swahili: gazeti (sw)
• Swedish: tidningspapper (sv) n
• Tagalog: dyariyo, pahayagan (tl)
• Tamil: செய்தித்தாள் (ta) (ceytittāḷ)
• Thai: หนังสือพิมพ์ (th) (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-pim)
• Turkish: gazete kağıdı
• Zazaki: qağıtê qezeti m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} בלאַט n (blat)

Verb

newspaper (third-person singular simple present newspapers, present participle newspapering, simple past and past participle newspapered)

1. (transitive) To cover with newspaper.

   She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.

2. (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism

   His newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towns.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To harass somebody through newspaper articles.

   He got newspapered out of public life.

Usage notes

• The engage in journalism sense usually appears in its gerund form, newspapering.
• The harass sense usually appeared in passive constructions. It is no longer current.

Further reading

• newspaper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia