papyrus

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

Papiro

Cyperus papyrus

Sinónimos

Egyptian paper reed

Egyptian paper rush

paper plant

paper rush

Cyperus papyrus

Egyptian reed

giant egyptian papyrus

Traducciones

Frecuencia

36k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/pəˈpaɪɹəs/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

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

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