adj
Meaning 1
Of, similar to, or related to paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
papery
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
CMU ARPABET: P EY1 P ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
of or like paper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chartaceous, paperlike
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
thin and paperlike
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- papery leaves
- wasps that make nests of papery material
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From paper + -y.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ورقي — being like paper
- Arabic: ورقية — being like paper
- Finnish: paperimainen — being like paper
- Finnish: paperinohut — being like paper
- Italian: cartaceo — being like paper
- Latin: papyraceus — being like paper
- Latin: chartarius — being like paper
Real reading context