papyrus

== English == === Alternative forms === papyr (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pəˈpaɪɹəs/ Rhymes: -aɪɹəs === Noun === papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses) (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed. (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant. (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Alternative forms === papyros === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpapɪrus] Hyphenation: pa‧py‧rus === Noun === papyrus m inan papyrus ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “papyrus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “papyrus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). === Pronunciation === === Noun === papyrus m (plural papyri or papyrussen, diminutive papyrusje n) the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus Synonyms: papyrusriet, papyrusplant the paper-like material made from the papyrus plant a scroll made of that material ==== Derived terms ==== papyrusriet papyrusplant papyrusrol papyruswit === Further reading === papyrus (schrift) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl papyrusriet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɑpyrus/, [ˈpɑ̝pyrus̠] Rhymes: -ɑpyrus Syllabification(key): pa‧py‧rus Hyphenation(key): pa‧py‧rus === Noun === papyrus papyrus (material and document) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “papyrus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.pi.ʁys/ === Noun === papyrus m (plural papyrus or papyri) papyrus === Further reading === “papyrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Alternative forms === papȳrum === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paˈpyː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈpiː.rus] === Noun === papȳrus m or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension papyrus (plant) a garment made from papyrus paper made from papyrus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== (see also papȳrius) Megleno-Romanian: papră, păpură Romanian: papură Reflexes of a *papīlum (“candlewick”): Older borrowings: →⇒ Old Catalan: paper (see there for further descendants) →? Old English: tapor (see there for further descendants) Unsorted modern borrowings: === References === “papyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “papyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "papyrus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “papyrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “papyrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers papyrus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin papyrus. === Noun === papyrus m (plural papyrusen) (usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material) (countable) papyrus (scroll or document) === References === “papyrus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin papyrus === Noun === papyrus c papyrus (plant) papyrus (material) a papyrus (scroll or document written on papyrus) ==== Declension ==== === References === “papyrus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “papyrus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “papyrus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)