papier

See also: Papier and papièr

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch papier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpiːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

papier (plural papiere, diminutive papiertjie)

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

Descendants

• → Kwanyama: ombapila

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier. Doublet of paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːˈpiːr/, /pɑˈpiːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧pier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• keukenpapier
• kladpapier
• oud papier
• papierbak
• papieren
• papiermolen
• papierwesp
• pleepapier
• toiletpapier
• wc-papier

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: papier
  • → Kwanyama: ombapila
• Jersey Dutch: pampîr
• Skepi Creole Dutch: paper
• → Aukan: pampila
• → Indonesian: papir
• → Munsee: pámpiil
• → West Frisian: papier
• → Saramaccan: pampía
• → Sranan Tongo: papira
  • → Caribbean Javanese: papirah
  • → Wayana: pampira
• → Trió: panpira
• → Unami: pampil

French

Etymology

From Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pje/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

Derived terms

• coucher sur le papier
• Français de papier
• mettre sur papier
• mouchoir en papier
• paperasse
• papier à mouches
• papier à musique
• papier bulle
• papier carbone
• papier collant
• papier colle-mouches
• papier de verre
• papier filtre
• papier hygiénique
• papier mâché
• papier millimétré
• papier peint
• papier terrier
• papier toilette
• papier tue-mouches
• sans-papiers
• sur le papier
• tigre de papier

 

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: papye
• Seychellois Creole: papye
• → Franco-Provençal: papiér

Further reading

• “papier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “papier” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “papier” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Norman

Alternative forms

• papi (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French papier.

Noun

papier m (plural papiers) (Guernsey)

1. paper

Old French

Alternative forms

• paper, papié, pauper, paupier, papere
• papir, papire (adapted to Latin papȳrus?)
• papur

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Catalan paper.^[1] Attested from 1308.^[2]

Noun

papier oblique singular, m (oblique plural papiers, nominative singular papiers, nominative plural papier)

1. reed, rush
2. paper
3. list, account

Descendants

• French: papier
  • Mauritian Creole: papye
  • Seychellois Creole: papye
  • → Franco-Provençal: papiér
• Norman: papier, papi (Jersey)
• Walloon: papî
• → Franco-Provençal: papiér
• → Middle Dutch: papier
  • Dutch: papier
    • Afrikaans: papier
      • → Kwanyama: ombapila
    • Jersey Dutch: pampîr
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: paper
    • → Aukan: pampila
    • → Indonesian: papir
    • → Munsee: pámpiil
    • → West Frisian: papier
    • → Saramaccan: pampía
    • → Sranan Tongo: papira
      • → Caribbean Javanese: papirah
      • → Wayana: pampira
    • → Trió: panpira
    • → Unami: pampil
• → Middle High German: papier
  • German: Papier
    • → Hungarian: papír
      • → Romanian: papir
    • → Romansch: palpiri
    • → Serbo-Croatian: papir
    • → Silesian: papiōr
    • → Ukrainian: папір (papir)
  • Yiddish: פּאַפּיר (papir)
  • → Middle Irish: páipér
    • Irish: páipéar
  • →? Old Swedish: paper
    • → Finnish: paperi
      • → Ingrian: paperi
  • → Polish: papier (learned)
    • →? Belarusian: папе́ра (papjéra)
    • → Kashubian: papiór
    • → Lithuanian: popierius
    • → Latvian: papīrs
• → Middle Low German: pappir
  • → Old Norse: pappir
    • Danish: papir
      • → Faroese: pappír
    • Norwegian: papir
• → Old Occitan: papier
  • Occitan: papièr
• → Middle English: paper
  • English: paper
    • Tok Pisin: pepa
      • → Rotokas: pepa
    • → Dutch: paper
    • → Eastern Arrernte: pipe
    • → Esperanto: papero
      • Ido: papero
    • → Hawaiian: pepa
    • → Japanese: ペーパー (pēpā)
    • → Malay: kertas (semantic loan)
    • → Malayalam: പേപ്പർ (pēppaṟ)
    • → Maori: pepa
    • → Marshallese: peba
    • → Mokilese: peipa
    • → Niuean: pepa
    • → Scottish Gaelic: pàipear
    • → Southern Ndebele: iphepha
    • → Spanish: paper
    • → Swazi: líphepha
    • → Xhosa: iphepha
    • → Yoruba: bébà, pépà
    • → Zulu: iphepha
  • Scots: paper
  • → Welsh: papur

References

• paper on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• “papier”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

1. Coromines, Joan (1980–1991) “paper”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes.
2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “papyrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 590

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

papier

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

• papir, papior (Middle Polish)
• papiór (colloquial or dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German papier.^[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1528.^[5] Compare Silesian papiōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pjɛr/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pjer/, /ˈpɒ.pjɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apjɛr
• Syllabification: pa‧pier

Noun

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

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

Declension of papier

Derived terms

adverbs

• na papierze
• na wariackich papierach

 

nouns

• papier czerpany
• papier kancelaryjny
• papier kredowy
• papier liniowy
• papier milimetrowy
• papier wartościowy
• papiery dłużne
• wariackie papiery

 

proverbs

• papier jest cierpliwy

 

verbs

• mieć papiery impf
• rzucić papierami pf, rzucać papierami impf
• szeleścić papierem impf

 

Descendants

• →? Belarusian: папе́ра (papjéra)
• → Kashubian: papiór
• → Lithuanian: popierius
• → Latvian: papīrs

References

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]‎ (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]

Further reading

• 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
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 45
• papier in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

West Frisian

Etymology

From Dutch papier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpiə̯r/

Noun

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papierke)

1. paper (material)
2. sheet of paper

Further reading

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