parchment

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtʃmənt/
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• General-American: /ˈphɑɹt͡ʃmənt/
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From Middle English parchemyn, parchement, from Old French parchemin, via Latin pergamīna, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós, “of Pergamon”), which is named for the ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus. Cognate with Danish pergament, Dutch perkament, French parchemin, German Pergament, Greek περγαμηνή (pergaminí), Italian pergamena, Norwegian pergament, Portuguese pergaminho, Galician pergameo, Romanian pergament, Russian пергамент (pergament), Spanish pergamino, and Swedish pergament.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pergament — material
• Arabic: رَقّ (raqq) — material
• Armenian: մագաղաթ (magaġatʻ) — material
• Azerbaijani: perqament — material
• Belarusian: перга́мент (pjerhámjent) — material
• Belarusian: перга́мін (pjerhámin) — material
• Bulgarian: пергаме́нт (pergamént) — material
• Catalan: pergamí — material
• Chinese Cantonese: 羊皮紙 /羊皮纸 (joeng4 pei4 zi2) — material
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊皮紙 /羊皮纸 (yángpízhǐ) — material
• Czech: pergamen — material
• Old Czech: bělpuch — material
• Danish: pergament — material
• Dutch: perkament — material
• Esperanto: pergameno — material
• Estonian: pärgament — material
• Finnish: pergamentti — material
• French: parchemin — material
• Galician: pergameo — material
• Galician: pergamiño — material
• Georgian: ეტრატი (eṭraṭi) — material
• German: Pergament — material
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 (maimbrana) — material
• Greek: περγαμηνή (pergaminí) — material
• Ancient Greek: Koine Περγαμηνή (Pergamēnḗ) — material
• Hebrew: קְלָף (k'láf) — material
• Hindi: चर्मपत्र (carmapatra) — material
• Hungarian: pergamen — material
• Icelandic: bókfell — material
• Indonesian: perkamen — material
• Irish: párpháipéar — material
• Italian: pergamena — material
• Italian: membrana — material
• Italian: cartapecora — material
• Italian: vello — material
• Japanese: 羊皮紙 (yōhishi) — material
• Kashubian: pergament — material
• Kazakh: пергамент (pergament) — material
• Korean: 양피지 (yangpiji) — material
• Kyrgyz: пергамент (pergament) — material
• Latin: membrana — material
• Latvian: pergaments — material
• Lithuanian: pergamentas — material
• Macedonian: пергаме́нт (pergamént) — material
• Malay: kertas kulit — material
• Middle English: parchemyn — material
• Classical Nahuatl: ēhuaāmatl — material
• Nogai: татырга (tatırga) — material
• Norwegian Bokmål: pergament — material
• Persian: کَراسِه (karâse) — material
• Persian: کاغَذ پوست (kâġaz-e pust) — material
• Persian: رَقّ (raqq) — material
• Polish: pergamin — material
• Portuguese: pergaminho — material
• Romanian: pergament — material
• Russian: перга́мент (pergáment) — material
• Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-craicinn — material
• Serbo-Croatian: перга̀мент — material
• Serbo-Croatian: pergàment — material
• Slovak: pergamen — material
• Slovene: pergament — material
• Spanish: pergamino — material
• Swedish: pergament — material
• Tajik: пергамент (pergament) — material
• Thai: กระดาษหนัง — material
• Turkish: parşömen — material
• Ukrainian: перга́мент (perháment) — material
• Ukrainian: перга́мен (perhámen) — material
• Uzbek: pergament — material
• Vietnamese: giấy da — material
• Volapük: pigmin — material
• Armenian: մագաղաթ (magaġatʻ) — document
• Catalan: pergamí — document
• Dutch: perkament — document
• Finnish: pergamentti — document
• Galician: pergameo — document
• Galician: pergamiño — document
• Georgian: ეტრატი (eṭraṭi) — document
• German: Pergament — document
• Greek: περγαμηνή (pergaminí) — document
• Italian: pergamena — document
• Latvian: pergaments — document
• Māori: kirihipi — document
• Middle English: parchemyn — document
• Persian: کَراسِه (karâse) — document
• Polish: pergamin — document
• Russian: перга́мент (pergáment) — document
• Spanish: pergamino — document
• Dutch: bul — diploma (only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)
• Dutch: ezelsvel — diploma (only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)
• French: parchemin — diploma (only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)
• Galician: pergameo — diploma (only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)
• Galician: pergamiño — diploma (only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)
• Greek: περγαμηνή (pergaminí) — diploma (only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)
• Dutch: perkamentpapier — imitating paper
• Finnish: pergamenttipaperi — imitating paper
• French: vélin — imitating paper
• German: Pergamentpapier — imitating paper
• Irish: páipéar párach — imitating paper
• Irish: párpháipéar — imitating paper
• Russian: перга́ментная бума́га (pergámentnaja bumága) — imitating paper
• Dutch: perkamentkleur — creamy or tanned color