parchment
Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used…Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
» Dmitri was trying to decipher an ancient parchment.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
Pergament
перга́ментpergáment
перга́ментperháment, перга́менperhámen
skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
(countable, uncountable)A document made on such material.
Pergament
перга́ментpergáment
(countable, uncountable)A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
(countable, uncountable)Stiff paper imitating that material.
Pergamentpapier
перга́ментная бума́гаpergámentnaja bumága
(countable, uncountable)The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
(countable, uncountable)The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
Examples
7 sentencesDmitri was trying to decipher an ancient parchment.
The royal seal was pressed onto the parchment.
You didn't tell me what you wrote on the parchment.
deDu sagtest mir nicht, was du auf das Pergament geschrieben hattest. — al_ex_an_der
He drew out a roll of parchment, dusty, yellowed and half covered with spiderwebs.
Swallows fill the parchment of the sky with signatures in honor of the good weather.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English parchemyn, parchement, from Old French parchemin, via Latin pergamīna,From Middle English parchemyn, parchement, from Old French parchemin, via Latin pergamīna, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós, “of Pergamon”), which is named for the ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus. Cognate with Danish pergament, Dutch perkament, French parchemin, German Pergament, Greek περγαμηνή (pergaminí), Italian pergamena, Norwegian pergament, Portuguese pergaminho, Galician pergameo, Romanian pergament, Russian пергамент (pergament), Spanish pergamino, and Swedish pergament.
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Forms
plural: parchments| Singular | parchment |
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Synonyms
8 synonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable