different between papyrus vs pappus

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.

English

Etymology

Via Latin pappus from Ancient Greek ?????? (páppos), an affectionate term for elderly men (referencing beards).

Noun

pappus (plural pappuses or pappi)

1. (botany) The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.

   Hyponym: thistledown

2. The first hair on the chin.

Translations

Derived terms

• pappiferous

See also

• anemochory (“wind dispersal”)

Further reading

• pappus (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia