papyrus
French, noun/pa.pi.ʁys/
papyrus is spelled P-A-P-Y-R-U-S (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papyrus is a French masculine noun meaning “papyrus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante de la famille des cypéracées (Cyperaceae). Plante aquatique herbacée qui pousse en Égypte le long du…”.
What does papyrus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepapyrus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des cypéracées (Cyperaceae). Plante aquatique herbacée qui pousse en Égypte le long du Nil, dont la tige est triangulaire et de l’écorce duquel les anciens Égyptiens faisaient les feuilles dont ils se servaient pour écrire. 2. Feuille faite avec le papyrus. 3. Texte écrit sur une feuille de papyrus.
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 papyrus
- papyri plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papyrus?
- /pa.pi.ʁys/
- \pa.pi.ʁys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papyrus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papyrus in French?
papyrus appears 1.3 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).