Phrase guide

tracing paper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paper

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَرَق إِسْتِشْفاف (waraq ʔistišfāf) — translucent paper
  • Bulgarian: трасираща хартия (trasirašta hartija) — translucent paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 透寫紙 /透写纸 (tòuxiězhǐ) — translucent paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 描圖紙 /描图纸 (miáotúzhǐ) — translucent paper
  • Czech: pauzírovací papír — translucent paper
  • Czech: pauzírák — translucent paper
  • Finnish: kuultopaperi — translucent paper
  • French: papier calque — translucent paper
  • Galician: papel cebola — translucent paper
  • German: Pauspapier — translucent paper
  • German: Transparentpapier — translucent paper
  • Hungarian: pauszpapír — translucent paper
  • Indonesian: kalkir — translucent paper
  • Irish: rianpháipéar — translucent paper
  • Irish: páipéar rianúcháin — translucent paper
  • Japanese: トレーシングペーパー (torēshingupēpā) — translucent paper
  • Japanese: 透写紙 (tōshashi) — translucent paper
  • Korean: 트레이싱 페이퍼 (teureising peipeo) — translucent paper
  • Korean: 투사지 (tusaji) — translucent paper
  • Malay: kertas surih — translucent paper
  • Polish: kalka techniczna — translucent paper
  • Romanian: hârtie de calc — translucent paper
  • Russian: ка́лька (kálʹka) — translucent paper
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀ус-па̀пӣр — translucent paper
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàus-pàpīr — translucent paper
  • Spanish: papel de calco — translucent paper
  • Spanish: papel de calcar — translucent paper
  • Swedish: kalkerpapper — translucent paper
  • Ukrainian: калька (kalʹka) — translucent paper