English-Thai Dictionary

papyrus

N กระดาษ สมัยโบรา ณ  kra-dad-sa-mai-bo-ran

 

papyrus

N ต้น กก จำพวก หนึ่ง  ton-kok-jam-puek-nuang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAPYRUS

n.[L.] An Egyptian plant, a kind of reed, of which the ancients made paper.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PAPYRUS

Pa *py "rus, n.; pl. Papyri. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Paper. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus ) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.

 

2. The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.

 

3. A manuscript written on papyrus; esp. , pl. , written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

papyrus

pa py rus |pəˈpīrəs pəˈpaɪrəs | ▶noun ( pl. papyri |-ˈpīrī | or papyruses ) 1 a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats. • a document written on papyrus. 2 the tall aquatic sedge from which this material is obtained, native to central Africa and the Nile valley. [Cyperus papyrus, family Cyperaceae. ] ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): via Latin from Greek papuros. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

papyrus

papyrus |pəˈpʌɪrəs | ▶noun ( pl. papyri |-rʌɪ, -riː | or papyruses ) 1 [ mass noun ] a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making articles such as rope. • [ count noun ] a document written on papyrus. 2 the tall aquatic sedge from which papyrus is obtained, native to central Africa and the Nile valley. ●Cyperus papyrus, family Cyperaceae. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 ): via Latin from Greek papuros. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent.

 

Duden Dictionary

Papyrus

Pa py rus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pap y rus |der Papyrus; Genitiv: des Papyrus, Plural: die Papyri lateinisch papyrus, Papier 1 Papyrusstaude 2 (im Altertum ) aus dem Mark der Papyrusstaude gewonnenes, zu Blättern, Rollen verarbeitetes Schreibmaterial 3 Rolle, Blatt aus Papyrus mit Texten aus dem Altertum

 

Papyrusrolle

Pa py rus rol le Substantiv, feminin , die |Pap y rusrolle |Buchrolle aus Papyrus 2 mit Texten aus dem Altertum

 

Papyrusstaude

Pa py rus stau de Substantiv, feminin , die |Pap y russtaude |(zu den Riedgräsern gehörende ) in Afrika heimische Pflanze mit sehr hohem, dreieckigem Halm, aus deren Mark der Papyrus 2 gewonnen wurde

 

French Dictionary

papyrus

papyrus n. m. nom masculin 1 Plante dont les Égyptiens employèrent l ’écorce comme support d ’écriture. 2 Manuscrit écrit sur une feuille de papyrus. : Des papyrus bien conservés. Prononciation Le s se prononce, [papirys ]; ce nom rime avec autobus Note Orthographique pap y ru s.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

papyrus

pa py rus /pəpáɪ (ə )rəs /名詞 複 ～es, -ri /-raɪ /1 U 〘植 〙パピルス, カミガヤツリ 〘ナイル川に産する古代エジプトの紙の材料 〙.2 U パピルス紙 ; C パピルス紙古文書 .