noun
Meaning 1
A single sheet or scrap of paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
piece of paper
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noun
Meaning 2
A marriage certificate or other document, regarded as a merely bureaucratic form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
paper used for writing or printing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sheet, sheet of paper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paper
Narrower terms: slip, slip of paper, signature, leaf, folio, tear sheet, foolscap, style sheet, worksheet, revenue stamp, stamp
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَرَقَة (waraqa) — sheet or scrap of paper
- Bulgarian: кни́га (kníga) — sheet or scrap of paper
- Finnish: paperinpala — sheet or scrap of paper
- French: bulletin — sheet or scrap of paper
- French: billet — sheet or scrap of paper
- French: fiche — sheet or scrap of paper
- German: Zettel — sheet or scrap of paper
- German: Blatt — sheet or scrap of paper
- Icelandic: seðill — sheet or scrap of paper
- Irish: giota páipéir — sheet or scrap of paper
- Irish: píosa páipéir — sheet or scrap of paper
- Italian: foglietto — sheet or scrap of paper
- Latin: scheda — sheet or scrap of paper
- Polish: papierek — sheet or scrap of paper
- Portuguese: pedaço de papel — sheet or scrap of paper
- Romanian: bucată de hârtie — sheet or scrap of paper
- Romanian: foaie de hârtie — sheet or scrap of paper
- Romanian: coală de hârtie — sheet or scrap of paper
- Spanish: papel — sheet or scrap of paper
- Spanish: papelito — sheet or scrap of paper
- Spanish: hoja — sheet or scrap of paper
- Swedish: papper — sheet or scrap of paper
- Swedish: papperslapp — sheet or scrap of paper