Standard Lemma guide

stationery

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • UK: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: stāʹshə-nĕr-ĭ
  • US: /ˈsteɪʃənɛɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: stationary
  • CMU ARPABET: S T EY1 SH AH0 N EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Misspelling of stationary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • When the school year finished, he put all of his stationery away in the loft, as he would have no need for pencils and exercise books during the holidays.
  • We can pick up more paper and pens at the stationery store.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: letter paper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writing paper

Narrower terms: letterhead

History

Etymology

From stationer + -y.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِرْطَاسِيَّة (qirṭāsiyya) — writing materials
  • Armenian: գրենական պիտույքներ (grenakan pituykʻner) — writing materials
  • Bulgarian: канцеларски материали (kancelarski materiali) — writing materials
  • Catalan: papereria — writing materials
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文具 (wénjù) — writing materials
  • Czech: papírnictví — writing materials
  • Czech: kancelářské potřeby — writing materials
  • Czech: psací potřeby — writing materials
  • Danish: brevpapir — writing materials
  • Danish: skrivepapir — writing materials
  • Danish: kontorartkler — writing materials
  • Danish: skrivesager — writing materials
  • Danish: papirvarer — writing materials
  • Dutch: schrijfbenodigdheden — writing materials
  • Dutch: schrijfgerei — writing materials
  • Finnish: kirjoitusvälineet — writing materials
  • Finnish: kirjoitustarvikkeet — writing materials
  • French: papeterie — writing materials
  • German: Büromaterial — writing materials
  • German: Schreibwaren — writing materials
  • Greek: γραφική ύλη (grafikí ýli) — writing materials
  • Hindi: लेखन-सामग्री (lekhan-sāmagrī) — writing materials
  • Hungarian: papír-írószer — writing materials
  • Hungarian: írószer — writing materials
  • Hungarian: papíráru — writing materials
  • Hungarian: irodaszerek — writing materials
  • Hungarian: nyomtatványok — writing materials
  • Indonesian: alat tulis — writing materials
  • Indonesian: alat tulis kantor — writing materials
  • Irish: páipéarachas — writing materials
  • Italian: cancelleria — writing materials
  • Japanese: 文房具 (bunbōgu) — writing materials
  • Japanese: 文具 (bungu) — writing materials
  • Kazakh: кеңсе тауары (keñse tauary) — writing materials
  • Korean: 문방구 (munbanggu) — writing materials
  • Korean: 문구 (mun'gu) — writing materials
  • Latvian: rakstāmlietas — writing materials
  • Latvian: rakstāmpiederumi — writing materials
  • Lithuanian: biuro reikmenys — writing materials
  • Malay: alat tulis — writing materials
  • Māori: rawatuhi — writing materials
  • Māori: taonga tuhituhi — writing materials
  • Mongolian: бичгийн хэрэгсэл (bičgiin xeregsel) — writing materials
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠯ (bičig-ün keregsel) — writing materials
  • Norman: papet'tie — writing materials
  • Norwegian: papirvarer — writing materials
  • Norwegian: rekvisita — writing materials
  • Persian: نوشت افزار (nevešt-afzâr) — writing materials
  • Polish: artykuły papiernicze — writing materials
  • Polish: artykuły biurowe — writing materials
  • Polish: papeteria — writing materials
  • Portuguese: papelaria — writing materials
  • Romanian: rechizite — writing materials
  • Russian: канцеля́рские това́ры (kanceljárskije továry) — writing materials
  • Russian: канцтова́ры (kanctováry) — writing materials
  • Russian: канцеля́рские принадле́жности (kanceljárskije prinadléžnosti) — writing materials
  • Spanish: papelería — writing materials
  • Swedish: kontorsmaterial — writing materials
  • Turkish: kırtasiye — writing materials
  • Ukrainian: канцтова́ри (kanctováry) — writing materials
  • Ukrainian: канцеля́рські това́ри (kanceljársʹki továry) — writing materials
  • Ukrainian: канцеля́рське прила́ддя (kanceljársʹke pryláddja) — writing materials
  • Ukrainian: канцеля́рія (kanceljárija) — writing materials
  • Vietnamese: văn phòng phẩm — writing materials
  • Volapük: papüracans — writing materials
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