papier
French, noun/pa.pje/
papier is spelled P-A-P-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written French, the 1,396th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papier is a French masculine noun meaning “paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière faite à partir de la pâte de chiffons ou de fibres végétales étalée en couches minces que l’on fait…”.
What does papier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
- 2
masculinepaper (official documents)
- 3
masculinearticle, piece (in a newspaper)
- 4
masculinepaperwork
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière faite à partir de la pâte de chiffons ou de fibres végétales étalée en couches minces que l’on fait sécher et qu’on débite par feuilles pour écrire, imprimer, envelopper, etc. 2. Papier peint. 3. Feuille très mince d’une autre matière que celle du sens précédent. 4. Document important de nature juridique, officielle, comptable, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of papier
- papiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papier?
- /pa.pje/
- \pa.pje\
- [pa.pje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papier in French?
papier appears 60 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).