# papier
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch papier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈpiːr/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

papier (plural papiere, diminutive papiertjie)
* (uncountable) paper
* (countable) a piece of paper

#### Descendants

* → Kwanyama: ombapila

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier. Doublet of paper.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paːˈpiːr/, /pɑˈpiːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧pier
* Rhymes: -iːr

### Noun

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papiertje n)
* (uncountable) paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.)
* (countable) a piece of paper
* (slang) money (cf. slang sense of paper)

#### Derived terms

* keukenpapier
* kladpapier
* oud papier
* papierbak
* papieren
* papierklei
* papiermolen
* papierwesp
* pleepapier
* toiletpapier
* wc-papier

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: papier
** → Kwanyama: ombapila
* Jersey Dutch: pampîr
* Skepi Creole Dutch: paper
* → Aukan: pampila
* → Indonesian: papir
* → Munsee: pámpiil
* → West Frisian: papier
* → Saramaccan: pampía
* → Sranan Tongo: papira
** → Caribbean Javanese: papirah
** → Wayana: pampira
* → Trió: panpira
* → Unami: pampil

## French
### Etymology

From Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.pje/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

papier m (plural papiers)
* paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
* paper (official documents)
* article, piece (in a newspaper)
* (in the plural) paperwork

#### Derived terms

* coucher sur le papier
* Français de papier
* mettre sur papier
* mouchoir en papier
* paperasse
* papier à mouches
* papier à musique
* papier bulle
* papier carbone
* papier collant
* papier colle-mouches
* papier de verre
* papier filtre
* papier hygiénique
* papier mâché
* papier millimétré
* papier peint
* papier terrier
* papier toilette
* papier tue-mouches
* sans-papiers
* sur le papier
* tigre de papier

#### Descendants

* Mauritian Creole: papye
* Seychellois Creole: papye
* → Franco-Provençal: papiér

### Further reading

* “papier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* “papier” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “papier” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* papi (Jersey)

### Etymology

From Old French papier.

### Noun

papier m (plural papiers) (Guernsey)
* paper

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* paper, papié, pauper, paupier, papere
* papir, papire (adapted to Latin papȳrus?)
* papur

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Catalan paper. Attested from 1308.

### Noun

papier oblique singular, m (oblique plural papiers, nominative singular papiers, nominative plural papier)
* reed, rush
* paper
* list, account

#### Descendants

* French: papier
** Mauritian Creole: papye
** Seychellois Creole: papye
** → Franco-Provençal: papiér
* Norman: papier, papi (Jersey)
* Walloon: papî
* → Franco-Provençal: papiér
* → Middle Dutch: papier
** Dutch: papier
*** Afrikaans: papier
**** → Kwanyama: ombapila
*** Jersey Dutch: pampîr
*** Skepi Creole Dutch: paper
*** → Aukan: pampila
*** → Indonesian: papir
*** → Munsee: pámpiil
*** → West Frisian: papier
*** → Saramaccan: pampía
*** → Sranan Tongo: papira
**** → Caribbean Javanese: papirah
**** → Wayana: pampira
*** → Trió: panpira
*** → Unami: pampil
* → Middle High German: papier
** German: Papier
*** → Hungarian: papír
**** → Romanian: papir
*** → Romansch: palpiri
*** → Serbo-Croatian: papir
*** → Silesian: papiōr
*** → Ukrainian: папір (papir)
** Yiddish: פּאַפּיר (papir)
** → Middle Irish: páipér
*** Irish: páipéar
** →? Old Swedish: paper
*** → Finnish: paperi
**** → Ingrian: paperi
** → Polish: papier (learned)
*** →? Belarusian: папе́ра (papjéra)
*** → Kashubian: papiór
*** → Lithuanian: popierius
*** → Latvian: papīrs
* → Middle Low German: pappir
** → Old Norse: pappir
*** Danish: papir
**** → Faroese: pappír
*** Norwegian: papir
* → Old Occitan: papier
** Occitan: papièr
* → Middle English: paper
** English: paper
*** Tok Pisin: pepa
**** → Rotokas: pepa
*** → Dutch: paper
*** → Eastern Arrernte: pipe
*** → Esperanto: papero
**** Ido: papero
*** → Hawaiian: pepa
*** → Japanese: ペーパー (pēpā)
*** → Malayalam: പേപ്പർ (pēppaṟ)
*** → Maori: pepa
*** → Marshallese: peba
*** → Mokilese: peipa
*** → Niuean: pepa
*** → Scottish Gaelic: pàipear
*** → Southern Ndebele: iphepha
*** → Spanish: paper
*** → Swazi: líphepha
*** → Xhosa: iphepha
*** → Yoruba: bébà, pépà
*** → Zulu: iphepha
** Scots: paper
** → Welsh: papur

### References

* paper on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
* “papier”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
* ↑ Coromines, Joan (1980–1991) “paper”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes.
* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “papyrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 590

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* papir, papior (Middle Polish)
* papiór (colloquial or dialectal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German papier. First attested in 1528. Compare Silesian papiōr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.pjɛr/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈpa.pjer/, /ˈpɒ.pjɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apjɛr
* Syllabification: pa‧pier

### Noun

papier m inan (diminutive papierek, augmentative papierzysko, related adjective papierowy)
* paper (sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water)
    Książkę wydrukowano na papierze wysokiej jakości. ― The book was printed on high-quality paper.
* (colloquial, often in the plural) paper (official letter that has the validity of a document)
    Synonym: dokument
    Masz papier na to, że jesteś elektrykiem? ― Do you have the papers to prove that you're an electrician?
* (colloquial) dollar (official currency of the United States)
    Synonyms: baks, dolar, dolec, zielony
* paper (open hand in the game of rock paper scissors)
* (obsolete) paper (any paper money)
    Synonym: bankot
* (obsolete, historical) gulden (old currency of the Netherlands)
    Synonym: gulden
* (Middle Polish) bundle of paper
* (Middle Polish) book
    Synonym: książka
* (Middle Polish) letter
    Synonym: list

#### Derived terms

* na papierze
* na wariackich papierach
* papier czerpany
* papier kancelaryjny
* papier kredowy
* papier liniowy
* papier milimetrowy
* papier wartościowy
* papiery dłużne
* wariackie papiery
* papier jest cierpliwy
* mieć papiery impf
* rzucić papierami pf, rzucać papierami impf
* szeleścić papierem impf

#### Descendants

* →? Belarusian: папе́ра (papjéra)
* → Kashubian: papiór
* → Lithuanian: popierius
* → Latvian: papīrs

### References

* ↑ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “papier”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* ↑ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “papier”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “papier”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “papier”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “papier”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

### Further reading

* papier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* papier in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Paweł Kupiszewski (11.02.2014) “PAPIER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “papier”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 45
* papier in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Dutch papier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈpiə̯r/

### Noun

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papierke)
* paper (material)
* sheet of paper

#### Further reading

* “papier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011