adj
Meaning 1
Made of paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
paper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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pā′pər
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈpheɪ̯.pɚ]
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpæɪ̯.pə/
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Scotland: /ˈpe.pəɹ/
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rhymes with -eɪpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P EY1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- paper gangster
- 2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz Speed limiter law: A paper tiger
- 2016: The Australian, "China says Australia ‘is no paper tiger, only a paper cat at best’"; Rowan Callick It concluded that Australia was “not even a paper tiger, it’s only a paper cat at best”
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- paper engine, rocket
- 2015: CBS News, "ULA unveils new rocket to replace Russian boosters"; William Harwood In a background teleconference hosted by SpaceX late last week, an unnamed official dismissed ULA's new booster as a "paper rocket," saying he doubted it would be significantly cheaper than ULA's current stable of launchers.
- 2010: BBC News, "Pratt & Whitney eyes global plane engine deals"; Jorn Madslien Ours is not a paper engine... these are real engines that are in production today
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a paper lord
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Draw on the paper! Not on the walls!
- The paper mill on the south side of town makes various grades of paper and employs hundreds of people.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Examples
- Read all about it in this morning's paper!
- In those days, the Reporter Dispatch was the paper of record around here, and everyone who was anyone took the paper [was a subscriber].
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Ellipsis of wallpaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Examples
- The paperhangers had just finished hanging the paper in the dining room when the interior decorator walked in and exclaimed that it was the wrong color.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Examples
- In those days, you asked the butcher for a block of cheese, and he wrapped it up in paper for you.
- The kids could hardly wait to tear the paper off their Christmas gifts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: games, rock-paper-scissors
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: report
- I can't go out tonight. I have a paper due tomorrow, and I need to finish it tonight.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Their team published a paper in the leading journal of their field, and its widespread impact elevated the reputation of their university department.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong, UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
Money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
A university course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, countable
Examples
- a paper in ology
- She's taking four papers this semester: two in psychology and two in sociology.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- cantharides paper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
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
noun
Meaning 19
Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
The people admitted by free passes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 21
To apply paper to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to paper the hallway walls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
To document; to memorialize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 23
To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paper the house
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 24
To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 25
To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 26
To sandpaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
To enfold in paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 28
To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 29
To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northeastern, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 30
the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: newspaper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: product, production
noun
Meaning 31
a medium for written communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the notion of an office running without paper is absurd
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medium
noun
Meaning 32
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he read his newspaper at breakfast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: newspaper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: press, public press
Narrower terms: daily, gazette, school newspaper, school paper, tabloid, rag, sheet
noun
Meaning 33
a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he has written many scientific papers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: article
noun
Meaning 34
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he got an A on his composition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: composition, report, theme
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: essay
Narrower terms: term paper
noun
Meaning 35
a business firm that publishes newspapers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Murdoch owns many newspapers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: newspaper, newspaper publisher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company
noun
Meaning 36
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material, stuff
Narrower terms: card, confetti, sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper, art paper, blotting paper, blotter, blueprint paper, carbon paper, carbon, cardboard, composition board, cartridge paper, chad, computer paper, construction paper, crepe, crepe paper, drawing paper, filter paper, flypaper, graph paper, greaseproof paper, linen, linen paper, litmus paper, manifold paper, manifold, manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper, music paper, score paper, newspaper, newsprint, oilpaper, india paper, pad, pad of paper, tablet, paper tape, paper toweling, papier-mache, paper-mache, papyrus, parchment, rice paper, roofing paper, tar paper, ticker tape, tissue, tissue paper, tracing paper, transfer paper, wallpaper, waste paper, wax paper, wrapping paper, writing paper
verb
Meaning 37
cover with wallpaper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wallpaper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
verb
Meaning 38
cover with paper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- paper the box
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
History
Etymology
From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
Across languages
Translations
439 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَرَقِيّ (waraqiyy) — made of paper
- Belarusian: папяро́вы (papjaróvy) — made of paper
- Breton: paper — made of paper
- Bulgarian: книжен (knižen) — made of paper
- Bulgarian: хартиен (hartien) — made of paper
- Chinese Mandarin: 紙製的 /纸制的 (zhǐzhì de) — made of paper
- Czech: papírový — made of paper
- Dutch: papieren — made of paper
- Estonian: paberist — made of paper
- Estonian: paber- — made of paper
- Finnish: paperinen — made of paper
- Finnish: paperi- — made of paper
- French: en papier — made of paper
- French: de papier — made of paper
- German: Papierbecher — made of paper
- German: etc — made of paper
- Greek: χάρτινος (chártinos) — made of paper
- Hebrew: נייר — made of paper
- Hindi: काग़ज़ी (kāġzī) — made of paper
- Hindi: कागजी (kāgjī) — made of paper
- Hindi: वरकी (varkī) — made of paper
- Hungarian: papír — made of paper
- Icelandic: pappírs- — made of paper
- Icelandic: pappa- — made of paper
- Indonesian: dari bahan kertas — made of paper
- Italian: di carta — made of paper
- Italian: cartaceo — made of paper
- Japanese: 製紙 (seishi) — made of paper
- Malay: kertas — made of paper
- Marathi: कागदी (kāgdī) — made of paper
- Norwegian: papir — made of paper
- Persian: کاغذی (kâġazi) — made of paper
- Polish: papierowy — made of paper
- Portuguese: de papel — made of paper
- Romanian: de hârtie — made of paper
- Russian: бума́жный (bumážnyj) — made of paper
- Spanish: de papel — made of paper
- Spanish: papelero — made of paper
- Swedish: pappers- — made of paper
- Telugu: కాగితపు (kāgitapu) — made of paper
- Turkish: kağıt — made of paper
- Ukrainian: паперо́вий (paperóvyj) — made of paper
- Vietnamese: bằng giấy — made of paper
- Bulgarian: на книга (na kniga) — having a title that is merely official
- Polish: papierowy — having a title that is merely official
- Polish: na papierze — having a title that is merely official
- Vietnamese: trên giấy tờ — having a title that is merely official
- Vietnamese: ảo — having a title that is merely official
- Abkhaz: aқьаад (akjaad) — sheet material
- Afar: warkát — sheet material
- Afrikaans: papier — sheet material
- Ainu: カㇺビ (kambi) — sheet material
- Albanian: letër — sheet material
- Albanian: kartë — sheet material
- Southern Altai: чаазын (čaazïn) — sheet material
- Southern Altai: кагас (kagas) — sheet material
- Amharic: ወረቀት (wäräḳät) — sheet material
- Western Apache: nałtsoos — sheet material
- Arabic: وَرَق (waraq) — sheet material
- Arabic: قِرْطَاس (qirṭās) — sheet material
- Arabic: كَاغِد (kāḡid) — sheet material
- Algerian Arabic: كاغط (kāḡiṭ) — sheet material
- Chadian Arabic: كتكت (katkat) — sheet material
- Chadian Arabic: كتكتاي (katkatāy) — sheet material
- Arabic: ورق (wáraʔ) — sheet material
- Arabic: ورقة (wriga) — sheet material
- Arabic: ورق (warag) — sheet material
- Arabic: كاغط (kāḡiṭ) — sheet material
- Arabic: ورقة (werqa) — sheet material
- Tunisian Arabic: كَاغِتْ (kāḡit) — sheet material
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܘܲܪܲܩܬܵܐ (warraqtā) — sheet material
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܪܩܲܥܬ݂ܵܐ (urqaˁṯā) — sheet material
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ (arḇānā) — sheet material
- Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡀࡂࡉࡃ (kagid) — sheet material
- Aramaic: ܩܲܪܛܝܼܣܵܐ (karṭīsā) — sheet material
- Aramaic: ܘܲܪܲܩܬ݂ܵܐ (warraqṯā) — sheet material
- Armenian: թուղթ (tʻuġtʻ) — sheet material
- Old Armenian: թուղթ (tʻułtʻ) — sheet material
- Aromanian: hãrtii — sheet material
- Eastern Arrernte: pepe — sheet material
- Eastern Arrernte: pipe — sheet material
- Assamese: কাগজ (kagoz) — sheet material
- Assamese: কাকত (kakot) — sheet material
- Assamese: তুলাপাত (tulapat) — sheet material
- Asturian: papel — sheet material
- Avar: кагъат (kağat) — sheet material
- Azerbaijani: kağız — sheet material
- Baluchi: کاگد (kágad) — sheet material
- Bashkir: ҡағыҙ (qağıź) — sheet material
- Basque: paper — sheet material
- Belarusian: папе́ра (papjéra) — sheet material
- Bengali: কাগজ (kagoj) — sheet material
- Bhojpuri: कागज (kāgaj) — sheet material
- Bislama: pepa — sheet material
- Breton: paper — sheet material
- Bulgarian: харти́я (hartíja) — sheet material
- Burmese: စက္ကူ (cakku) — sheet material
- Buryat: саарһан (saarhan) — sheet material
- Carpathian Rusyn: папі́рь (papírʹ) — sheet material
- Catalan: paper — sheet material
- Chechen: кехат (kexat) — sheet material
- Cherokee: ᎪᏪᎵ (goweli) — sheet material
- Chinese Cantonese: 紙 /纸 (zi2) — sheet material
- Chinese: зы (zɨ) — sheet material
- Eastern Min Chinese: 紙 /纸 (cāi) — sheet material
- Hakka Chinese: 紙 /纸 (chṳ́) — sheet material
- Chinese: 紙 /纸 (chí/chóa) — sheet material
- Chinese Mandarin: 紙 /纸 (zhǐ) — sheet material
- Wu Chinese: 紙頭 /纸头 (5tsy-deu) — sheet material
- Chuukese: taropwe — sheet material
- Chuvash: хут (hut) — sheet material
- West Circassian: тхылъыпӏ (txəlsəpʼ) — sheet material
- Crimean Tatar: kâğıt — sheet material
- Czech: papír — sheet material
- Danish: papir — sheet material
- Dhivehi: ކަރުދާސް (karudās) — sheet material
- Central Dusun: kalatas — sheet material
- Dutch: papier — sheet material
- East Futuna: pepa — sheet material
- Erzya: конёв (końov) — sheet material
- Erzya: кабала (kabala) — sheet material
- Esperanto: papero — sheet material
- Estonian: paber — sheet material
- Faroese: pappír — sheet material
- Finnish: paperi — sheet material
- French: papier — sheet material
- West-Frisian: papier — sheet material
- Friulian: cjarte — sheet material
- Galician: papel — sheet material
- Georgian: ქაღალდი (kaɣaldi) — sheet material
- German: Papier — sheet material
- Greek: χαρτί (chartí) — sheet material
- Ancient Greek: χάρτης (khártēs) — sheet material
- Paraguayan Guarani: kuatia — sheet material
- Gujarati: કાગળ (kāgaḷ) — sheet material
- Gujarati: કાગળિયું (kāgaḷiyũ) — sheet material
- Haitian Creole: papye — sheet material
- Hawaiian: pepa — sheet material
- Hebrew: נייר \ נְיָר (n'yár) — sheet material
- Hebrew: דַּף (daf) — sheet material
- Hindi: काग़ज़ (kāġaz) — sheet material
- Hindi: कागज (kāgaj) — sheet material
- Hindi: पन्ना (pannā) — sheet material
- Hindi: कागद (kāgad) — sheet material
- Hindi: पेपर (pepar) — sheet material
- Hindi: वरक (varak) — sheet material
- Hindi: किरतास (kirtās) — sheet material
- Hungarian: papír — sheet material
- Icelandic: pappír — sheet material
- Ido: papero — sheet material
- Indonesian: kertas — sheet material
- Ingrian: paperi — sheet material
- Ingrian: kirjanahka — sheet material
- Ingrian: kirnahka — sheet material
- Ingrian: bumaga — sheet material
- Ingush: каьхат (käxat) — sheet material
- Interlingua: papiro — sheet material
- Irish: páipéar — sheet material
- Isan: กระดาษ (grà-dàat) — sheet material
- Italian: carta — sheet material
- Japanese: 紙 (kami) — sheet material
- Javanese: dluwang — sheet material
- Jeju: 종이 (jong'i) — sheet material
- Jingpho: maisau — sheet material
- Kabyle: lkaɣeḍ — sheet material
- Kalmyk: цаасн (tsaasn) — sheet material
- Kannada: ಕಾಗದ (kāgada) — sheet material
- Karachay-Balkar: къагъыт (qağıt) — sheet material
- Karelian: bumuagu — sheet material
- Kashubian: papiór — sheet material
- Kashmiri: کاغَذ (kāġaz) — sheet material
- Kashmiri: کاکَد (kākad) — sheet material
- Kashmiri: کاکَذ (kākaz) — sheet material
- Kazakh: қағаз (qağaz) — sheet material
- Khakas: чаӌын (çacın) — sheet material
- Khmer: ក្រដាស (krɑɑdaah) — sheet material
- Korean: 종이 (jong'i) — sheet material
- Kumyk: кагъыз (kağız) — sheet material
- Central Kurdish: کاغەز (kaẍez) — sheet material
- Central Kurdish: قاقەز (qaqez) — sheet material
- Northern Kurdish: perr — sheet material
- Northern Kurdish: kaxez — sheet material
- Kyrgyz: кагаз (kagaz) — sheet material
- Lak: чагъар (čağar) — sheet material
- Lao: ເຈ້ຍ (chīa) — sheet material
- Lao: ເຈັ້ຍ (chia) — sheet material
- Lao: ກະດາດ (ka dāt) — sheet material
- Latin: charta — sheet material
- Latvian: papīrs — sheet material
- Lezgi: кагъаз (kaġaz) — sheet material
- Lithuanian: popierius — sheet material
- Lü: ᦂᦡᦱᧆ (k̇ḋaad) — sheet material
- Luxembourgish: Pabeier — sheet material
- Macedonian: хартија (hartija) — sheet material
- Maguindanao: karatas — sheet material
- Malagasy: taratasy — sheet material
- Malay: kertas — sheet material
- Brunei Malay: keratas — sheet material
- Malayalam: കടലാസ് (kaṭalāsŭ) — sheet material
- Malayalam: പേപ്പർ (pēppaṟ) — sheet material
- Maltese: karta — sheet material
- Manchu: ᡥᠣᠣᡧᠠᠨ (hoošan) — sheet material
- Northern Mansi: нэ̄пак (nè̄pak) — sheet material
- Manx: pabyr — sheet material
- Māori: pepa — sheet material
- Māori: rau — sheet material
- Maranao: karatas — sheet material
- Marathi: कागद (kāgad) — sheet material
- Marwari: कागद (kāgad) — sheet material
- Mauritian Creole: papye — sheet material
- Mingrelian: ქაღარდი (kaɣardi) — sheet material
- Mingrelian: ქარღადი (karɣadi) — sheet material
- Moksha: кагод (kagod) — sheet material
- Mongolian: цаас (caas) — sheet material
- Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠰᠤ (čaɣasu) — sheet material
- Nahuatl: amatl — sheet material
- Nanai: хаосан (haosan) — sheet material
- Nepali: कागज (kāgaj) — sheet material
- Nivkh: хаузул (xauzul) — sheet material
- Nivkh: хаулус (xaulus) — sheet material
- Nogai: кагыт (kagıt) — sheet material
- Norwegian Bokmål: papir — sheet material
- Norwegian Bokmål: ark — sheet material
- Norwegian Nynorsk: papir — sheet material
- Occitan: papièr — sheet material
- Odia: ପେପର୍ (pepar) — sheet material
- Odia: କାଗଜ (kāgaja) — sheet material
- Old English: paper — sheet material
- Old English: carte — sheet material
- Ossetian: гӕххӕтт (gæxxætt) — sheet material
- Ossetian: гӕгъӕди (gæǧædi) — sheet material
- Palauan: babier — sheet material
- Pannonian Rusyn: папер (paper) — sheet material
- Pashto: کاغذ (kāǧaz) — sheet material
- Pela: mau31sau31 — sheet material
- Persian: کَاغَذ (kāġaz) — sheet material
- Persian: کَاغِذ (kāġiz) — sheet material
- Iranian Persian: کاغَذ (kâġaz) — sheet material
- Iranian Persian: کاغِذ (kâġez) — sheet material
- Pipil: amat — sheet material
- Pirahã: kapiigá — sheet material
- Polish: papier — sheet material
- Portuguese: papel — sheet material
- Punjabi: ਕਾਗ਼ਜ਼ (kāġaz) — sheet material
- Punjabi: ਪੇਪਰ (pepar) — sheet material
- Purepecha: sïranda — sheet material
- Quechua: raphi — sheet material
- Romagnol: chêrta — sheet material
- Romani: lil — sheet material
- Romani: papiri — sheet material
- Romani: xertija — sheet material
- Romanian: hârtie — sheet material
- Romansh: palpiri — sheet material
- Romansh: pupi — sheet material
- Romansh: palpier — sheet material
- Romansh: pulpier — sheet material
- Romansh: pupier — sheet material
- Romansh: palpieri — sheet material
- Romansh: palperi — sheet material
- Russian: бума́га (bumága) — sheet material
- Scottish Gaelic: pàipear — sheet material
- Serbo-Croatian: па̀пӣр — sheet material
- Serbo-Croatian: ха̀ртија — sheet material
- Serbo-Croatian: pàpīr — sheet material
- Serbo-Croatian: hàrtija — sheet material
- Seychellois Creole: papye — sheet material
- Shan: ၸေႈ (tsēe) — sheet material
- Sindhi: پنو (panno) — sheet material
- Sindhi: ڪاغذ (kāġazu) — sheet material
- Sinhalese: කඩදාසිය (kaḍadāsiya) — sheet material
- Slovak: papier — sheet material
- Slovene: papír — sheet material
- Somali: xaansho — sheet material
- Somali: warqad — sheet material
- Somali: qardaas — sheet material
- Lower Sorbian: papjera — sheet material
- Upper Sorbian: papjera — sheet material
- Spanish: papel — sheet material
- Sranan Tongo: papira — sheet material
- Svan: ქაღალთ (kaɣalt) — sheet material
- Swahili: karatasi — sheet material
- Swedish: papper — sheet material
- Tabasaran: кагъаз (kaġaz) — sheet material
- Tagalog: papel — sheet material
- Tahitian: parau — sheet material
- Tajik: коғаз (koġaz) — sheet material
- Tamil: காகிதம் (kākitam) — sheet material
- Tamil: பேப்பர் (pēppar) — sheet material
- Tatar: кәгазь (käğäz) — sheet material
- Tatar: кыйагаз (qıyağaz) — sheet material
- Telugu: కాగితము (kāgitamu) — sheet material
- Tetum: surat-tahan — sheet material
- Thai: กระดาษ (grà-dàat) — sheet material
- Tibetan: ཤོག་བུ (shog bu) — sheet material
- Tigrinya: ወረቐት (wäräx̣ät) — sheet material
- Tlingit: x’úx’ — sheet material
- Tok Pisin: pepa — sheet material
- Tokelauan: pepa — sheet material
- Tupinambá: kûatîara — sheet material
- Turkish: kâğıt — sheet material
- Turkish: çönge — sheet material
- Ottoman Turkish: كاغد (kâğıd) — sheet material
- Turkmen: kagyz — sheet material
- Tz'utujil: wuuj — sheet material
- Udmurt: кагаз (kagaz) — sheet material
- Ukrainian: папі́р (papír) — sheet material
- Unami: pampil — sheet material
- Urdu: کاغَذ (kāġaz) — sheet material
- Uyghur: قەغەز (qeghez) — sheet material
- Uzbek: qogʻoz — sheet material
- Vietnamese: giấy — sheet material
- Volapük: papür — sheet material
- Wallisian: pepa — sheet material
- Walloon: papî — sheet material
- Welsh: papur — sheet material
- Xhosa: iphepha — sheet material
- Yakut: кумааҕы (kumaağï) — sheet material
- Yiddish: פּאַפּיר (papir) — sheet material
- Yoruba: ìwé — sheet material
- Yup'ik: kalikaq — sheet material
- Zhuang: ceij — sheet material
- Bulgarian: харти́я (hartíja) — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Chinese Cantonese: 包 — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Chinese Mandarin: 布 (bù) — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Finnish: paperi — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- French: feuille — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- French: papier — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Japanese: パー (paa) — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Korean: 보 (bo) — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Polish: papier — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Portuguese: papel — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Russian: бума́га (bumága) — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Turkish: kağıt — open hand in the game of rock paper scissors
- Arabic: وَرَقَة (waraqa) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Bulgarian: докуме́нт (dokumént) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Bulgarian: ста́тия (státija) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Catalan: article — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Czech: článek — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Dutch: document — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Dutch: werk — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Dutch: eindwerk — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Finnish: raportti — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- German: Papier — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- German: Dokument — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Greek: έγγραφο (éngrafo) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Hindi: पत्र (patra) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Hindi: दस्तावेज़ (dastāvez) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Hindi: दस्तावेज (dastāvej) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Indonesian: surat-surat — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Indonesian: dokumen — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Italian: articolo — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Macedonian: докуме́нт (dokumént) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Norwegian Bokmål: artikkel — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Polish: artykuł — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Portuguese: artigo — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Romanian: document — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Russian: бума́га (bumága) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Russian: докуме́нт (dokumént) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Russian: статья́ (statʹjá) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Swedish: artikel — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Telugu: దస్తావేజు (dastāvēju) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Turkish: kâğıt — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Turkish: evrak — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Ukrainian: докуме́нт (dokumént) — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Vietnamese: bài văn — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Walloon: documint — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Welsh: dogfen — written document shorter than a book — see also article
- Arabic: وَرَقَة (waraqa) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Bulgarian: статия (statija) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Catalan: article — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Chinese Cantonese: 論文 /论文 — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Eastern Min Chinese: 論文 /论文 (lùnwén) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Hakka Chinese: 論文 /论文 (lùnwén) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Jin Chinese: 論文 /论文 — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Chinese Mandarin: 論文 /论文 (lùnwén) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Northern Min Chinese: 論文 /论文 (lō̤ng-uǒ̤ng) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Chinese: 論文 /论文 (lūn-bûn) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Teochew: 論文 /论文 — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Wu Chinese: 論文 /论文 (6len-ven) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Czech: článek — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Dutch: artikel — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Faroese: ritgerð — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Finnish: julkaisu — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Finnish: tutkimus — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Finnish: artikkeli — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Finnish: esitelmä — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- French: article — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- German: Artikel — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Hindi: शोध पत्र (śodh patra) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Indonesian: karangan — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Indonesian: tesis — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Indonesian: naskah — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Italian: articolo — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Italian: pubblicazione — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Italian: saggio — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Italian: studio — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Italian: ricerca — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Japanese: 論文 (ronbun) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Macedonian: статија (statija) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Polish: artykuł — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Portuguese: artigo — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Russian: статья́ (statʹjá) — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Spanish: papel académico — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Spanish: ponencia — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Spanish: escrito — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Spanish: escripto — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Spanish: paper — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Swedish: artikel — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Swedish: papper — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Thai: บทความวิชาการ — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Turkish: makale — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Walloon: papî — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Walloon: årtike — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Welsh: papur academaidd — academic paper — see also article, study, publication
- Bulgarian: рефера́т (referát) — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- Finnish: aine — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- Finnish: tutkielma — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- French: rédaction — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- German: Referat — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- Spanish: paper — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- Spanish: redacción — academic essay — see also essay, work, composition
- Finnish: tuohi — slang: money
- Polish: papiery — slang: money
- Polish: zielone — slang: money
- Finnish: kurssi — university course
- French: cours — university course
- Bulgarian: кни́жен паке́т (knížen pakét) — paper packet
- Finnish: paperipakkaus — paper packet
- Finnish: aski — paper packet
- Finnish: paperi — medicinal preparation
- Bulgarian: слагам тапети (slagam tapeti) — to apply paper to
- Catalan: empaperar — to apply paper to
- Dutch: behangen — to apply paper to
- Finnish: paperoida — to apply paper to
- Finnish: tapetoida — to apply paper to
- German: tapezieren — to apply paper to
- Indonesian: menempeli — to apply paper to
- Portuguese: empapelar — to apply paper to
- Welsh: papuro — to apply paper to
Real reading context