Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Made of paper.

    Papierbecher, etc

    бума́жныйbumážnyj

    паперо́вийpaperóvyj

  2. (not comparable)Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper).

    paper gangster

    2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz Speed limiter law: A paper tiger

  3. (not comparable)Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper).

    paper engine, rocket

    2010: BBC News, "Pratt & Whitney eyes global plane engine deals"; Jorn Madslien Ours is not a paper engine... these are real engines that are in production today

  4. (not comparable)Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.

    a paper lord

Examples

1938 sentences
  1. Have you read today's paper yet?

    Ви вже прочитали сьогодняшній випуск газети? — deniko

    ruТы уже читала сегодняшнюю газету? — Imp

    deHabt ihr schon die Zeitung von heute gelesen? — MUIRIEL

  2. Give me a sheet of paper.

    Дайте мені аркуш паперу. — Reem

    ruДай мне лист бумаги. — marafon

  3. I turned in a paper yesterday.

    Я здав роботу вчора. — aandrusiak

  4. Draw a line on your paper.

    Накресли лінію на своєму папері. — uaspeaker

    ruНачерти линию на своей бумаге. — Hellerick

    deZeichnen Sie einen Strich auf Ihr Blatt. — Zaghawa

  5. Can I have a paper bag?

    Можна мені паперовий пакет? — deniko

    ruМожно мне бумажный пакет? — afyodor

    deKönnte ich eine Papiertüte haben? — landano

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
made of paper:
Русский
By meaning 1
made of paper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
made of paper:

Origin

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

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Word family

1 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • sheet of paper
  • toilet paper
  • in the paper
  • signed the papers
  • of paper and
  • reading the paper
  • folded the paper
  • a paper airplane
  • a paper bag
  • today's paper
  • of toilet paper

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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