papyrus

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

Noun

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.

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

1. papyrus

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papyrus

1. papyrus (material and document)

Further reading

• “papyrus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pi.ʁys/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

papyrus m (plural papyrus or papyri)

1. papyrus

Further reading

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

Alternative forms

• papȳrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈpyː.rus/, [päˈpyːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.rus/, [päˈpiːrus]

Noun

papȳrus m or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension

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

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’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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin papyrus.

Noun

papyrus m (plural papyrusen)

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

References

• “papyrus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin papyrus

Noun

papyrus c

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

References

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