white paper

See also: whitepaper

English

Alternative forms

whitepaper, white-paper

Noun

white paper (plural white papers)

(management, marketing) A document based on research informing and educating a reader regarding a topic, which may also promote a product or a solution.
(British, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ paper.

Descendants

→ Malay: kertas putih (calque)
→ Polish: biała księga (calque)

Translations

marketing document

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白皮書 / 白皮书 (zh) (báipíshū)
Danish: hvidbog c
Finnish: valkoinen kirja, white paper
French: livre blanc (fr) m
German: Weißbuch (de) n, Whitepaper m
Hungarian: fehér könyv
Italian: libro bianco m
Japanese: 白書 (ja) (はくしょ, hakusho), ホワイトペーパー (howaito-pēpā)
Macedonian: бела книга f (bela kniga), бела книга f (bela kniga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvitbok
Russian: бе́лая кни́га f (bélaja kníga)
Swedish: vitbok (sv)

parliamentary document

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白皮書 / 白皮书 (zh) (báipíshū)
Danish: hvidbog c
Dutch: witboek (nl) n
Finnish: valkoinen kirja
French: livre blanc (fr) m
German: Weißbuch (de) n
Hungarian: fehér könyv
Indonesian: buku putih (id)
Irish: Páipéar Bán m
Italian: libro bianco m
Japanese: 白書 (ja) (hakusho)
Korean: 백서(白書) (baekseo)
Macedonian: бела книга f (bela kniga)
Malay: kertas putih (ms)
Polish: biała księga f
Portuguese: livro branco m
Romanian: carte albă (ro) f
Russian: бе́лая кни́га f (bélaja kníga)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: bijela knjiga f
Swedish: vitbok (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} páipéar bán m
Malay: ^{(please verify)} kertas putih (ms)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} stortingsmelding f, ^{(please verify)} stortingsmelding f

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