Phrase guide

blotting paper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Absorbent paper used to dry ink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

absorbent paper used to dry ink

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blotter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paper

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ծծան (ccan) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Azerbaijani: hopacaq — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Azerbaijani: qurutma kağızı — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Belarusian: прамака́льная папе́ра (pramakálʹnaja papjéra) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Belarusian: прамака́тка (pramakátka) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Belarusian: бібу́ла (bibúla) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Bulgarian: попива́телна (popivátelna) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Burmese: မင်နှိပ်စက္ကူ (manghnipcakku) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Catalan: paper assecant — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸墨紙 /吸墨纸 (xīmòzhǐ) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Czech: savý papír — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Czech: piják — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Danish: trækpapir — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Danish: klatpapir — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Dutch: vloeipapier — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Esperanto: inksorbilo — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Estonian: kuivatuspaber — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Finnish: imupaperi — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • French: buvard — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • German: Löschpapier — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • German: Fließpapier — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • German: Löschblatt — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • German: Schreibunterlage — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Gujarati: શાહીચૂસ કાગળ (śāhīcūs kāgaḷ) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Hindi: सोख़्ता काग़ज़ (sōxtā kāġaz) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Hindi: स्याहीसोख़ (syāhīsōx) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Hindi: सोख़्ता (sōxtā) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Hindi: ब्लॉटिंग काग़ज़ (blôṭiṅg kāġaz) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Hungarian: itatós — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Hungarian: itatóspapír — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Ido: absorbiva papero — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Irish: páipéar súite — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Italian: tampone — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Italian: carta assorbente — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Japanese: 吸い取り紙 (suitorigami) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Japanese: 吸取紙 (suitorigami) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Korean: 흡수지 (heupsuji) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Kyrgyz: соргуч кагаз (sorguc kagaz) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Macedonian: попивка (popivka) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Mongolian: уудаг цаас (uudag caas) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trekkpapir — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trekkpapir — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Plautdietsch: Laschpapia — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Polish: bibuła — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Portuguese: mata-borrão — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Romanian: hârtie sugativă — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Romanian: sugătoare — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Romanian: sugativă — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Russian: промока́тельная бума́га (promokátelʹnaja bumága) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Russian: промока́шка (promokáška) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-sùghaidh — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: буга̀чица — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: bugàčica — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Slovak: savý papier — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Slovene: pivnik — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Swedish: läskpapper — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Ukrainian: промока́льний папі́р (promokálʹnyj papír) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Ukrainian: промока́шка (promokáška) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Ukrainian: ви́мочка (výmočka) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Ukrainian: бібу́ла (bibúla) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Ukrainian: промока́тка (promokátka) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Urdu: سوختہ کاغذ (sōxta kāġaz) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Urdu: سیاہی سوخ (syāhī sōx) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Urdu: سوختہ (sōxta) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Urdu: بلاٹنگ کاغذ (blāṭiṅg kāġaz) — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Vietnamese: giấy chặm — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Vietnamese: giấy thấm — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Volapük: nüsugapapür — absorbent paper used to dry ink
  • Welsh: papur blotio — absorbent paper used to dry ink