papier

From Dutch papier, from Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• IPA^(key): /paˈpiːr/

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papier (plural papiere, diminutive papiertjie)

1. (uncountable) paper
2. (countable) a piece of paper

• → Kwanyama: ombapila

From Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papyrus and paper.

• IPA^(key): /paːˈpiːr/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pier
• Rhymes: -iːr

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papiertje n)

1. (uncountable) paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.)
2. (countable) A piece of paper.
3. (slang) money (cf. slang sense of paper)

• kladpapier
• papierbak
• papiermolen
• papierwesp
• toiletpapier
• wc-papier

• Afrikaans: papier
  • → Kwanyama: ombapila
• Jersey Dutch: pampîr
• Skepi Creole Dutch: paper
• → Aukan: pampila
• → Indonesian: papir
• → Munsee: pámpiil
• → Saramaccan: pampía
• → Sranan Tongo: papira
  • → Caribbean Javanese: papirah
  • → Wayana: pampira
• → Trió: panpira
• → Unami: pampil

Inherited from Old French papier, paper, papir, from Latin papȳrus (probably via a northern Italian intermediate, itself via a semi-learned route from Medieval Latin paperium), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papyrus.

• IPA^(key): /pa.pje/

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papier m (plural papiers)

1. paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
2. paper (official documents)
3. article, piece (in a newspaper)
4. (in the plural) paperwork

• “papier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “papier” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “papier” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

• papi (Jersey)

From Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus (probably via a northern Italian intermediate and Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

papier m (plural papiers)

1. (Guernsey) paper

• papir, papior (Middle Polish)
• papiór (colloquial or dialectal)

Borrowed from Middle High German papier.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1528.[5] Doublet of papirus (“papyrus”). Compare Silesian papiōr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pjɛr/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pjer/, /ˈpɒ.pjɛr/

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• Rhymes: -apjɛr
• Syllabification: pa‧pier

papier m inan (diminutive papierek, augmentative papierzysko, related adjective papierowy)

1. paper (sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water)

   Książkę wydrukowano na papierze wysokiej jakości. ― The book was printed on high-quality paper.

2. (colloquial, often in the plural) paper (official letter that has the validity of a document)

   Synonym: dokument

   Masz papier na to, że jesteś elektrykiem? ― Do you have the papers to prove that you're an electrician?

3. (colloquial) dollar (official currency of the United States)

   Synonyms: baks, dolar, dolec, zielony

4. paper (open hand in the game of rock paper scissors)
5. (obsolete) paper (any paper money)

   Synonym: bankot

6. (obsolete, historical) gulden (old currency of the Netherlands)

   Synonym: gulden

7. (Middle Polish) bundle of paper
8. (Middle Polish) book

   Synonym: książka

9. (Middle Polish) letter

   Synonym: list

• → Kashubian: papiór
• → Masurian: papsiér

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), papier is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 6 times in news, 4 times in essays, 32 times in fiction, and 11 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 63 times, making it the 1041st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

• papier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• papier in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Paweł Kupiszewski (11.02.2014) “PAPIER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 45
• papier in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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• IPA^(key): /pəˈpiə̯r/

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papierke)

1. paper (material)
2. sheet of paper

• “papier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011