English

Noun

paper (uncountable and countable; plural: papers)

1. A material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.
2. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
3. (uncountable) Wallpaper.
4. (uncountable) Wrapping paper.
5. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.

Translations

material for writing on

newspaper See newspaper

wallpaper See wallpaper

wrapping paper See wrapping paper

written document

Related terms

• banana paper
• brown paper
• green paper
• liquid paper
• newspaper
• paper cut
• paper plane
• paperbark
• paperboy
• rice paper
• term paper
• toilet paper
• wallpaper
• white paper

Adjective

paper (no comparative or superlative)

1. Made of paper.

   paper bag

   paper plane

Translations

• Breton: paper
• Dutch: papieren
• Estonian: paberist , indicated by forming compounds with paber-: paper flower: paberlill ,, etc
• Finnish: paperinen
• French: en papier, de papier
• German: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel ; paper cup: Papierbecher , etc
• Norwegian: papir
• Italian: di carta
• Polish: papierowy m
• Spanish: de papel
• Portuguese: de papel
• Swedish: pappers-

Transitive verb

to paper (papers, papered , papering )

1. To wallpaper (a wall, a room, a house).
2. Used in the phrase 'paper over the cracks'.

Translations

to wallpaper See wallpaper