Polyglot Dictionary

papyrus

/pa.pi.ʁys/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. papyrus

    • Ils écrivent sur des rouleaux de papyrus.

      They write on papyrus scrolls.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

papiro

papiro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "papyrus."

Portuguese

papiro

papiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "papyrus."

Practice

1 What does papyrus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils écrivent sur des rouleaux de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches papyrus?

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