papier

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See also: Papier and papièr

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch papier, from Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /paˈpiːr/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

papier (plural papiere, diminutive papiertjie)

  1. (uncountable) paper
  2. (countable) a piece of paper

Descendants[edit]

  • → Kwanyama: ombapila

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papyrus and paper.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papiertje n)

  1. (uncountable) paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.)
  2. (countable) A piece of paper.
  3. (slang) money (cf. slang sense of paper)

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Descendants[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French papier, paper, papir, from Latin papȳrus (probably via a northern Italian intermediate, itself via a semi-learned route from Medieval Latin paperium), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papyrus.

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Noun[edit]

papier m (plural papiers)

  1. paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
  2. paper (official documents)
  3. article, piece (in a newspaper)
  4. (in the plural) paperwork

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Further reading[edit]

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus (probably via a northern Italian intermediate and Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Noun[edit]

papier m (plural papiers)

  1. (Guernsey) paper

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle High German papier.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1528.[5] Doublet of papirus (“papyrus”). Compare Silesian papiōr.

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Noun[edit]

papier m inan (diminutive papierek, augmentative papierzysko, related adjective papierowy)

  1. paper (sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water)
    Książkę wydrukowano na papierze wysokiej jakości. ― The book was printed on high-quality paper.
  2. (colloquial, often in the plural) paper (official letter that has the validity of a document)
    Synonym: dokument
    Masz papier na to, że jesteś elektrykiem? ― Do you have the papers to prove that you're an electrician?
  3. (colloquial) dollar (official currency of the United States)
    Synonyms: baks, dolar, dolec, zielony
  4. paper (open hand in the game of rock paper scissors)
  5. (obsolete) paper (any paper money)
    Synonym: bankot
  6. (obsolete, historical) gulden (old currency of the Netherlands)
    Synonym: gulden
  7. (Middle Polish) bundle of paper
  8. (Middle Polish) book
    Synonym: książka
  9. (Middle Polish) letter
    Synonym: list

Declension[edit]

Declension of papier
singular plural
nominative papier papiery
genitive papieru papierów
dative papierowi papierom
accusative papier papiery
instrumental papierem papierami
locative papierze papierach
vocative papierze papiery

Derived terms[edit]

adverbs
nouns
proverbs
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Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), papier is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 6 times in news, 4 times in essays, 32 times in fiction, and 11 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 63 times, making it the 1041st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “papier”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “papier”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “papier”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “papier”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “papier”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “papier”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 355

Further reading[edit]

  • papier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • papier in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (11.02.2014) “PAPIER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[3]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[4]
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 45
  • papier in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papierke)

  1. paper (material)
  2. sheet of paper

Further reading[edit]

  • “papier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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