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notepad

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: notebook, writing pad, pad paper

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a pad of paper for keeping notes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pad, pad of paper, tablet

Narrower terms: scratch pad, scratch paper, scribbling block

History

Etymology

From note + pad.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُفَكِّرَة (mufakkira) — bound pad of paper
  • Arabic: بلوك نوت (bluk nūt) — bound pad of paper
  • Arabic: بلوك نط (blok not) — bound pad of paper
  • Azerbaijani: bloknot — bound pad of paper
  • Catalan: bloc de notes — bound pad of paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 記事本 /记事本 (jìshìběn) — bound pad of paper
  • Crimean Tatar: bloknot — bound pad of paper
  • Dutch: kladblok — bound pad of paper
  • Dutch: blocnote — bound pad of paper
  • Esperanto: notobloko — bound pad of paper
  • Esperanto: notfoliaro — bound pad of paper
  • Esperanto: leterbloko — bound pad of paper
  • Finnish: muistilehtiö — bound pad of paper
  • French: bloc-notes — bound pad of paper
  • German: Notizblock — bound pad of paper
  • German: Schreibblock — bound pad of paper
  • Greek: σημειωματάριο (simeiomatário) — bound pad of paper
  • Greenlandic: blokki — bound pad of paper
  • Hebrew: פִּנְקָס (pinqás) — bound pad of paper
  • Hungarian: jegyzettömb — bound pad of paper
  • Hungarian: jegyzetfüzet — bound pad of paper
  • Hungarian: bugyelláris — bound pad of paper
  • Hungarian: notesz — bound pad of paper
  • Irish: ceap nótaí — bound pad of paper
  • Italian: taccuino — bound pad of paper
  • Japanese: メモ帳 (memo-chō) — bound pad of paper
  • Korean: 노트패드 (noteupaedeu) — bound pad of paper
  • Korean: 메모장 (memojang) — bound pad of paper
  • Macedonian: бележник (beležnik) — bound pad of paper
  • Macedonian: нотес (notes) — bound pad of paper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: notatblokk — bound pad of paper
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: notatblokk — bound pad of paper
  • Polish: notatnik — bound pad of paper
  • Polish: notes — bound pad of paper
  • Polish: brulion — bound pad of paper
  • Portuguese: bloco de notas — bound pad of paper
  • Romanian: maculator — bound pad of paper
  • Russian: блокно́т (bloknót) — bound pad of paper
  • Spanish: bloc de notas — bound pad of paper
  • Spanish: libreta — bound pad of paper
  • Spanish: pad — bound pad of paper
  • Turkish: defter — bound pad of paper
  • Turkish: not defteri — bound pad of paper
  • Ukrainian: блокно́т (bloknót) — bound pad of paper