papero

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English paper.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paˈpero]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧ro

Noun

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papero (accusative singular paperon, plural paperoj, accusative plural paperojn)

  1. paper

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ido: papero

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto paperoEnglish paperFrench papierGerman PapierSpanish papel, all ultimately from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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papero (plural paperi)

  1. paper

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Paronyms

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Italian

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Spanish parpar (to quack).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -apero
  • Hyphenation: pà‧pe‧ro

Noun

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papero m (plural paperi, feminine papera, diminutive paperétto or paperìno or paperòtto or paperòttolo or paperùccio, augmentative paperóne, pejorative paperàccio)

  1. gosling
    Synonyms: paperino, paperotto
  2. (colloquial) duckling
    Synonym: anatroccolo
    papera di gommarubber duck
  3. gander or drake

See also

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Further reading

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  • papero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • papero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • papero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • pàpero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • pàpero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

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Etymology

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From papa +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈpeɾo/ [paˈpe.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ro

Adjective

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papero (feminine papera, masculine plural paperos, feminine plural paperas)

  1. (relational) potato

Noun

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papero m (plural paperos, feminine papera, feminine plural paperas)

  1. potato seller or grower

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