noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they used bales of newspaper every day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: newspaper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paper
History
Etymology
From news + print.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
qəzet kağızı
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Bulgarian:
вестникарска хартия
(vestnikarska hartija)
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Burmese:
သတင်းစာစက္ကူ
(sa.tang:cacakku)
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Chinese Mandarin:
新聞紙 /新闻纸
(xīnwénzhǐ)
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Dutch:
krantenpapier
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Finnish:
sanomalehtipaperi
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
French:
papier journal
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
German:
Zeitungsdruckpapier
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Hungarian:
újságpapír
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Hungarian:
újságnyomó/rotációs papír
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Icelandic:
dagblaðapappír
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Japanese:
新聞紙
(shinbunshi)
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Korean:
신문지
(sinmunji)
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Korean:
신문용지
(sinmunyongji)
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Norwegian Bokmål:
avispapir
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Norwegian Nynorsk:
avispapir
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Pannonian Rusyn:
новински папер
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Polish:
gazeta
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Polish:
gazetówka
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Portuguese:
papel de jornal
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Swedish:
tidningspapper
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Vietnamese:
giấy in báo
— inexpensive paper used in newspapers
