"wrapping paper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wrapping papers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wrapping paper (countable and uncountable, plural wrapping papers)
  1. Paper used for wrapping parcels (in this case, often brown) or presents (in this case, often colourful/colorful and decorative). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paper Translations (paper used for wrapping parcels or presents): وَرَق تَغْلِيف (waraq taḡlīf) [masculine] (Arabic), paper [masculine] (Catalan), 包裝紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 包装纸 (bāozhuāngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), balicí papír (note: not necessarily decorative) [masculine] (Czech), ozdobný papír (english: decorative) [masculine] (Czech), pakpapier [neuter] (Dutch), käärepaperi (Finnish), papier d’emballage [masculine] (French), Packpapier (note: not decorative) [neuter] (German), Geschenkpapier (english: decorative) [neuter] (German), נְייַר עֲטִיפָה (niyar ‘atifah) [masculine] (Hebrew), páipéar beartán [masculine] (Irish), 包装紙 (hōsōshi) (alt: ほうそうし) (Japanese), 포장지 (pojangji) (Korean), kertas pembungkus (Malay), pepa ruruku (Maori), papi d'emballage [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), papier pakowy [masculine] (Polish), papel de/para embrulho [masculine] (Portuguese), обёрточная бума́га (objórtočnaja bumága) [feminine] (Russian), упако́вочная бума́га (upakóvočnaja bumága) [feminine] (Russian), papel de envolver [masculine] (Spanish), omslagspapper (note: not necessarily decorative) (Swedish), presentpapper (english: decorative) (Swedish), ambalaj (Turkish), ambalaj kağıdı (Turkish), päkamapapür (Volapük), papur lapio (Welsh), суу кумааҕыта (suu kumaağıta) (Yakut)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "he",
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
          "word": "pepa ruruku"
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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        },
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
          "word": "omslagspapper"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
          "word": "ambalaj"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
          "word": "päkamapapür"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
          "word": "papur lapio"
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          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
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          "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
          "word": "суу кумааҕыта"
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      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "käärepaperi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "note": "not decorative",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
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    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "niyar ‘atifah",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "נְייַר עֲטִיפָה"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "páipéar beartán"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうそうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōsōshi",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "包装紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pojangji",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "포장지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "kertas pembungkus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "pepa ruruku"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "papi d'emballage"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "papier pakowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "objórtočnaja bumága",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обёрточная бума́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upakóvočnaja bumága",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "упако́вочная бума́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "papel de envolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "not necessarily decorative",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "omslagspapper"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "decorative",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "presentpapper"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "ambalaj"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "ambalaj kağıdı"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "päkamapapür"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "papur lapio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "suu kumaağıta",
      "sense": "paper used for wrapping parcels or presents",
      "word": "суу кумааҕыта"
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