paper

A1 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/ UK /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #870

Meanings

1

noun
A thin, flat material used for writing, drawing, or printing on.

Draw on the paper, not on the walls!
2

noun
A newspaper.

I read about it in this morning's paper.
3

noun
A written piece of academic work describing research or ideas.

The professor has published many scientific papers.
4

verb
To cover a wall with wallpaper.

They papered the bedroom in a soft blue pattern.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a newspaper. newspaper

Word family

Forms paperedpaperingpapersunpapered

Derived forms artpaperbuckypapercurl-papercurlpapere-paperferropaperfly-paperflypaperglasspapergun-papernewspapernon-paper

Related forms papirosapapyrus

Common collocations

Etymology

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).

paper Middle English papier xno papȳrus Latin πάπυρος Ancient Greek

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Materials & Substances

# paper

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ
**IPA (UK):** ˈpeɪ̯.pə
**Frequency rank:** 870

## Meanings
1. A thin, flat material used for writing, drawing, or printing on.
2. A newspaper.
3. A written piece of academic work describing research or ideas.
4. To cover a wall with wallpaper.

## Examples
- Draw on the paper, not on the walls!
- I read about it in this morning's paper.
- The professor has published many scientific papers.
- They papered the bedroom in a soft blue pattern.

## Derived Forms
- artpaper
- buckypaper
- curl-paper
- curlpaper
- e-paper
- ferropaper
- fly-paper
- flypaper
- glasspaper
- gun-paper
- newspaper
- non-paper

## Related Forms
- papirosa
- papyrus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paper
- Root: papier
- Root: papȳrus
- Root: πάπυρος

## Etymology
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).

## AI Etymology
Paper comes 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). Modern senses include a thin, flat material used for writing, drawing, or printing on and a newspaper. The wider word family includes derivatives such as artpaper, buckypaper, curl-paper, curlpaper, e-paper, and ferropaper and related forms such as papirosa and papyrus.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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