papyrus

• papyr (obsolete)

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpaɪɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)

1. (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
2. (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
3. (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

• papyros

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpapɪrus]
• Hyphenation: pa‧py‧rus

papyrus m inan

1. papyrus

• “papyrus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “papyrus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Unadapted borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

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papyrus m (plural papyri or papyrussen, diminutive papyrusje n)

1. the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus

   Synonyms: papyrusriet, papyrusplant

2. the paper-like material made from the papyrus plant
3. a scroll made of that material

• papyrusriet
• papyrusplant
• papyrusrol
• papyruswit

• papyrus (schrift) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• papyrusriet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpyrus/, [ˈpɑ̝pyrus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpyrus
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧py‧rus
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧py‧rus

papyrus

1. papyrus (material and document)

• “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

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• IPA^(key): /pa.pi.ʁys/

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papyrus m (plural papyrus or papyri)

1. papyrus

• “papyrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• papȳrum

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈpyː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈpiː.rus]

papȳrus m or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension

1. papyrus (plant)
2. a garment made from papyrus
3. paper made from papyrus

Second-declension noun.

(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:

• “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’s 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

Learned borrowing from Latin papyrus.

papyrus m (plural papyrusen)

1. (usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material)
2. (countable) papyrus (scroll or document)

• “papyrus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin papyrus

papyrus c

1. papyrus (plant)
2. papyrus (material)
3. a papyrus (scroll or document written on papyrus)

• papyrus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• papyrus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• papyrus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)