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wallpaper

noun · verb · 11 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paper[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A roll of such paper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A style or design of such material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • He chose a Minecraft design as his computer's wallpaper.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: CB radio slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paper

11

verb

Meaning 11

cover with wallpaper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover

History

Etymology

From wall + paper.

Across languages

Translations

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَرَق حَائِط (waraq ḥāʔiṭ) — decorative paper for walls
  • Armenian: պաստառ (pastaṙ) — decorative paper for walls
  • Azerbaijani: divar kağızı — decorative paper for walls
  • Belarusian: шпале́ры (špaljéry) — decorative paper for walls
  • Breton: paper-moger — decorative paper for walls
  • Bulgarian: тапе́т (tapét) — decorative paper for walls
  • Catalan: paper — decorative paper for walls
  • Catalan: paper pintat — decorative paper for walls
  • Catalan: paper d'empaperar — decorative paper for walls
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壁紙 /壁纸 (bìzhǐ) — decorative paper for walls
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牆紙 /墙纸 (qiángzhǐ) — decorative paper for walls
  • Cornish: paper fos — decorative paper for walls
  • Crimean Tatar: divar kâğıtı — decorative paper for walls
  • Czech: tapeta — decorative paper for walls
  • Danish: tapet — decorative paper for walls
  • Dutch: behang — decorative paper for walls
  • Dutch: behangpapier — decorative paper for walls
  • Dutch: behangselpapier — decorative paper for walls
  • Esperanto: tapeto — decorative paper for walls
  • Estonian: tapeet — decorative paper for walls
  • Finnish: tapetti — decorative paper for walls
  • French: papier peint — decorative paper for walls
  • Georgian: შპალერი (šṗaleri) — decorative paper for walls
  • German: Tapete — decorative paper for walls
  • Greek: ταπετσαρία (tapetsaría) — decorative paper for walls
  • Hebrew: טַפֶּט (ta'pet) — decorative paper for walls
  • Hebrew: טפיטי נייר (tapiti nyar) — decorative paper for walls
  • Hebrew: נְייָר־קִיר (nyar-kir) — decorative paper for walls
  • Hindi: वॉलपेपर (vŏlpepar) — decorative paper for walls
  • Hungarian: tapéta — decorative paper for walls
  • Icelandic: veggfóður — decorative paper for walls
  • Irish: páipéar balla — decorative paper for walls
  • Italian: carta da parati — decorative paper for walls
  • Japanese: 壁紙 (kabegami) — decorative paper for walls
  • Kazakh: тұсқағаз (tūsqağaz) — decorative paper for walls
  • Korean: 벽지 (byeokji) — decorative paper for walls
  • Kyrgyz: обои (oboi) — decorative paper for walls
  • Kyrgyz: туш кагаз (tuş kagaz) — decorative paper for walls
  • Latvian: tapetes — decorative paper for walls
  • Lithuanian: tapetai — decorative paper for walls
  • Macedonian: тапе́та (tapéta) — decorative paper for walls
  • Malay: kertas dinding — decorative paper for walls
  • Māori: pepa pakitara — decorative paper for walls
  • Māori: pepapātū — decorative paper for walls
  • Mongolian: хананы цаас (xanany caas) — decorative paper for walls
  • Mongolian: ханын цаас (xanyn caas) — decorative paper for walls
  • Mongolian: обои (oboi) — decorative paper for walls
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tapet — decorative paper for walls
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tapet — decorative paper for walls
  • Iranian Persian: کاغَذِ دیواری (kâġaz-e divâri) — decorative paper for walls
  • Iranian Persian: والْپِیْپِر (vâlpeyper) — decorative paper for walls
  • Plautdietsch: Rollpapia — decorative paper for walls
  • Plautdietsch: Wauntpapia — decorative paper for walls
  • Polish: tapeta — decorative paper for walls
  • Portuguese: papel de parede — decorative paper for walls
  • Romanian: tapet — decorative paper for walls
  • Russian: обо́и (obói) — decorative paper for walls
  • Northern Sami: tapeahtta — decorative paper for walls
  • Northern Sami: seaidnebábir — decorative paper for walls
  • Samoan: pepa puipui — decorative paper for walls
  • Serbo-Croatian: тапе́та — decorative paper for walls
  • Serbo-Croatian: tapéta — decorative paper for walls
  • Slovak: tapeta — decorative paper for walls
  • Slovene: tapeta — decorative paper for walls
  • Lower Sorbian: tapeta — decorative paper for walls
  • Spanish: papel pintado — decorative paper for walls
  • Spanish: papel tapiz — decorative paper for walls
  • Spanish: decomural — decorative paper for walls
  • Spanish: empapelado — decorative paper for walls
  • Spanish: papel mural — decorative paper for walls
  • Swedish: tapet — decorative paper for walls
  • Tagalog: papel pandingding — decorative paper for walls
  • Tajik: зардеворӣ (zardevori) — decorative paper for walls
  • Tajik: коғази деворӣ (koġaz-i devori) — decorative paper for walls
  • Thai: วอลล์เพเปอร์ (wɔɔ-pee-bpə̂ə) — decorative paper for walls
  • Turkish: duvar kâğıdı — decorative paper for walls
  • Ukrainian: шпале́ри (špaléry) — decorative paper for walls
  • Urdu: وال پیپَر (vāl pepar) — decorative paper for walls
  • Uzbek: gulqogʻoz — decorative paper for walls
  • Uzbek: oboi — decorative paper for walls
  • Vietnamese: giấy dán tường — decorative paper for walls
  • Volapük: tapot — decorative paper for walls
  • Welsh: papur wal — decorative paper for walls
  • Arabic: خَلْفِيَّة (ḵalfiyya) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Belarusian: шпале́ры (špaljéry) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電腦桌布 /电脑桌布 (diànnǎo zhuōbù) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電腦壁紙 /电脑壁纸 (diànnǎo bìzhǐ) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桌面背景 (zhuōmiàn bèijǐng) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Czech: tapeta — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Dutch: bureaubladachtergrond — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Dutch: wallpaper — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Esperanto: ekranfono — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Finnish: työpöydän taustakuva — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Finnish: taustakuva — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • French: fond d'écran — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • French: arrière-plan — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • French: papier-peint — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • French: image de bureau — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • French: motif de bureau — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Georgian: ფონი (poni) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Georgian: ეკრანის ფონი (eḳranis poni) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • German: Hintergrundbild — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • German: Wallpaper — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Greek: ταπετσαρία (tapetsaría) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Greek: φόντο (fónto) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Hindi: पृष्ठभूमि (pŕṣṭhabhūmi) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Hungarian: háttérkép — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Icelandic: skjáborðsmynd — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Irish: páipéar balla — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Italian: sfondo — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Japanese: 壁紙 (kabegami) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Korean: 화면 (hwamyeon) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Macedonian: позадина (pozadina) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Māori: pepapātū — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakgrunn — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakgrunn — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Iranian Persian: والْپِیْپِر (vâlpeyper) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Iranian Persian: پَسزَمینِه (pas-zamine) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Iranian Persian: دیوارْبَرْگ (divârbarg) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Polish: tapeta — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: papel de parede — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: imagem de fundo — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: fundo do ambiente de trabalho — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: padrão de fundo — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: plano de fundo — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: imagem da mesa (MacOS) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Portuguese: fundo de ecrã (MacOS) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Russian: обо́и (obói) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Spanish: fondo de pantalla — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Swedish: skrivbordsbakgrund — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Swedish: skrivbordsbild — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Thai: วอลล์เพเปอร์ (wɔɔ-pee-bpə̂ə) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Turkish: duvar kâğıdı — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Ukrainian: шпале́ри (špaléry) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Urdu: وال پیپَر (vāl pepar) — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Vietnamese: hình nền — computing: image used to cover a desktop
  • Azerbaijani: kağızlamaq — to cover with wallpaper
  • Azerbaijani: oboy vurmaq — to cover with wallpaper
  • Azerbaijani: oboy çəkmək — to cover with wallpaper
  • Azerbaijani: kağız çəkmək — to cover with wallpaper
  • Bulgarian: слагам тапети (slagam tapeti) — to cover with wallpaper
  • Catalan: empaperar — to cover with wallpaper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貼壁紙 /贴壁纸 (tiē bìzhǐ) — to cover with wallpaper
  • Dutch: behangen — to cover with wallpaper
  • Estonian: tapetseerima — to cover with wallpaper
  • Estonian: tapeetima — to cover with wallpaper
  • Estonian: tapeediga katma — to cover with wallpaper
  • Finnish: tapetoida — to cover with wallpaper
  • French: tapisser — to cover with wallpaper
  • German: tapezieren — to cover with wallpaper
  • Hungarian: tapétáz — to cover with wallpaper
  • Hungarian: betapétáz — to cover with wallpaper
  • Hungarian: kitapétáz — to cover with wallpaper
  • Italian: tappezzare — to cover with wallpaper
  • Japanese: 壁紙をはる (kabegami o haru) — to cover with wallpaper
  • Macedonian: тапети́ра (tapetíra) — to cover with wallpaper
  • Persian: کاغذدیواری کردن (kâġazdivâri kardan) — to cover with wallpaper
  • Polish: tapetować — to cover with wallpaper
  • Portuguese: empapelar — to cover with wallpaper
  • Russian: оклеивать обоями (okleivatʹ obojami) — to cover with wallpaper
  • Slovak: tapetovať — to cover with wallpaper
  • Spanish: empapelar — to cover with wallpaper
  • Swedish: tapetsera — to cover with wallpaper
Real reading context

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