"white paper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: white papers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} white paper (plural white papers)
  1. (management, marketing) A factual write-up of something, specifically devoid of the appearance of marketing. Categories (topical): Management, Marketing
    Sense id: en-white_paper-en-noun-NL5eK2Lm Topics: business, management, marketing
  2. (British, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing government policy or action. Tags: British, European-Union, Ireland Categories (topical): Government, Politics Categories (place): European Union Translations (marketing document): 白皮書 (Chinese Mandarin), 白皮书 (báipíshū) (Chinese Mandarin), hvidbog [common-gender] (Danish), valkoinen kirja (Finnish), white paper (Finnish), livre blanc [masculine] (French), Weißbuch [neuter] (German), Whitepaper [masculine] (German), fehér könyv (Hungarian), libro bianco [masculine] (Italian), 白書 (hakusho) (alt: はくしょ) (Japanese), ホワイトペーパー (howaito-pēpā) (Japanese), бела книга (bela kniga) [feminine] (Macedonian), hvitbok (Norwegian Bokmål), бе́лая кни́га (bélaja kníga) [feminine] (Russian), vitbok (Swedish) Translations (parliamentary document): 白皮書 (Chinese Mandarin), 白皮书 (báipíshū) (Chinese Mandarin), hvidbog [common-gender] (Danish), witboek [neuter] (Dutch), valkoinen kirja (Finnish), livre blanc [masculine] (French), Weißbuch [neuter] (German), fehér könyv (Hungarian), Páipéar Bán [masculine] (Irish), libro bianco [masculine] (Italian), 白書 (hakusho) (Japanese), 백서 (baekseo) (alt: 白書) (Korean), biała księga [feminine] (Polish), carte albă [feminine] (Romanian), бе́лая кни́га (bélaja kníga) [feminine] (Russian), bijela knjiga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vitbok [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-white_paper-en-noun-AwHO6Qu1 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 52 40 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'marketing document': 38 59 2 Disambiguation of 'parliamentary document': 4 93 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, paper. Synonyms: whitepaper, white-paper Related terms: green paper
    Sense id: en-white_paper-en-noun-BrjuXras

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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "parliamentary document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carte albă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bélaja kníga",
      "sense": "parliamentary document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́лая кни́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "parliamentary document",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bijela knjiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "parliamentary document",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vitbok"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "white paper"
  ],
  "word": "white paper"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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