different between papyrologist vs papyrus

English

Etymology

papyrology +? -ist

Noun

papyrologist (plural papyrologists)

1. A student of papyrology, the study of ancient writings on papyrus.

Related terms

• papyrus

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin pap?rus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??pa???s/
• Rhymes: -a???s

Noun

papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)

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

Related terms

• papyrology
• papyrologist

Translations

Czech

Alternative forms

• papyros

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pap?rus]
• Hyphenation: pa?py?rus

Noun

papyrus m inan

1. papyrus

Declension

Further reading

• papyrus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• papyrus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

papyrus

1. papyrus (material and document)

Declension

Derived terms

• papyrologi
• papyrologia
• papyruskaisla (papyrus plant)
• papyrusvene

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pap?rus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros). Doublet of papier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pi.?ys/

Noun

papyrus m (plural papyrus or papyri)

1. papyrus

Further reading

• “papyrus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• pap?rum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa?py?.rus/, [pä?py???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa?pi.rus/, [p??pi??us]

Noun

pap?rus m or f (genitive pap?r?); second declension

1. papyrus (plant)
2. a garment made from papyrus
3. paper made from papyrus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• papyrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papyrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papyrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• papyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• papyrus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papyrus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

papyrus m (definite singular papyrusen, indefinite plural papyrusar or papyrar, definite plural papyrusane or papyrane)

1. (usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material)
2. (countable) papyrus (scroll or document)

References

• “papyrus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.