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noun
- 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.
- 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).
Translations: - Dutch: document , werk , eindwerk
- French: papier(fr)m
- German: Papier , Dokument
- Italian: carta(it)f
- Spanish: artículo(es)m
verb (transitive)
- To wallpaper.
- to paper over the cracks
Translations: (trans-top, to wallpaper)
See: wallpaper
(trans-bottom)
adjective
- Made of paper.
- paper bag
- paper plane
Translations: - French: en papier, de papier
- German: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel; paper cup: Papierbecher, etc
- Italian: di carta
- Spanish: de papel
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman paper, from papier, from papyrus, from (papiros).
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