The words of the spell were written on papyrus.
Source: tatoeba (5707122)
Papyrus
//pəˈpaɪɹəs//
Synonyms for "papyrus" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (7)
Related word relations
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26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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7 entriesTranslations
149 translations across 64 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πάπυρος noun (plant in the sedge family)
- πάπυρος noun (material made from this plant)
Arabic
4 entries- بردي noun (plant in the sedge family)
- بردي noun (material made from this plant)
- بردية noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- بَرْدِيَّة noun (material made from this plant)
Armenian
3 entries- պապիրուս noun (plant in the sedge family)
- պապիրուս noun (material made from this plant)
- պապիրուս noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Belarusian
3 entries- папі́рус noun (plant in the sedge family)
- папі́рус noun (material made from this plant)
- папі́рус noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Bengali
1 entries- প্যাপিরাস noun (material made from this plant)
Bulgarian
3 entries- папи́рус noun (plant in the sedge family)
- папи́рус noun (material made from this plant)
- папи́рус noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Catalan
3 entries- papir noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papir noun (material made from this plant)
- papir noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 古代文獻 /古代文献 noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- 紙草 /纸草 noun (plant in the sedge family)
- 紙草紙 /纸草纸 noun (material made from this plant)
- 紙莎草 /纸莎草 noun (plant in the sedge family)
Coptic
2 entries- ϫⲟⲟⲩϥ noun (material made from this plant)
- ϫⲟⲟⲩϥ noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Czech
3 entries- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
- papyrus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- šáchor papírodárný noun (plant in the sedge family)
Danish
1 entries- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
Dutch
1 entries- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
Esperanto
2 entries- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiruso noun (material made from this plant)
Estonian
1 entries- papüürus noun (material made from this plant)
Finnish
3 entries- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
- papyrus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- papyruskaisla noun (plant in the sedge family)
French
3 entries- papyrus noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
- papyrus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Galician
3 entries- papiro noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiro noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Georgian
2 entries- პაპირუსი noun (plant in the sedge family)
- პაპირუსი noun (material made from this plant)
German
4 entries- Echter Papyrus noun (plant in the sedge family)
- Papyrus noun (plant in the sedge family)
- Papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
- Papyrus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Greek
2 entries- πάπυρος noun (plant in the sedge family)
- πάπυρος noun (material made from this plant)
Hebrew
4 entries- גומא \ גֹּמֶא noun (plant in the sedge family)
- גומא פפירוס \ גֹּמֶא־פָּפִּירוּס noun (plant in the sedge family)
- פָּפִּירוּס noun (plant in the sedge family)
- פָּפִּירוּס noun (material made from this plant)
Hindi
1 entries- पपाइरस noun (material made from this plant)
Hungarian
3 entries- papirusz noun (material made from this plant)
- papirusz noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- papirusznád noun (plant in the sedge family)
Icelandic
1 entries- papýrus noun (material made from this plant)
Ido
3 entries- papiriero noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiro noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Indonesian
2 entries- bardi noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Italian
3 entries- papiro noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiro noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Japanese
3 entries- カミガヤツリ noun (plant in the sedge family)
- パピルス noun (plant in the sedge family)
- パピルス noun (material made from this plant)
Kazakh
1 entries- папирус noun (material made from this plant)
Khmer
1 entries- ប៉ាពីរុស noun (material made from this plant)
Korean
2 entries- 파피루스 noun (plant in the sedge family)
- 파피루스 noun (material made from this plant)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- папирус noun (material made from this plant)
Latin
4 entries- charta noun (plant in the sedge family)
- charta noun (material made from this plant)
- charta noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- chartaceus noun (material made from this plant)
Latvian
1 entries- papiruss noun (material made from this plant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- papirusas noun (material made from this plant)
Macedonian
2 entries- папирус noun (plant in the sedge family)
- папирус noun (material made from this plant)
Malagasy
1 entries- zozoro noun (plant in the sedge family)
Malay
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- papîrus noun (material made from this plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
Old Armenian
1 entries- պրտու noun (plant in the sedge family)
Persian
2 entries- پاپیروس noun (plant in the sedge family)
- پاپیروس noun (material made from this plant)
Polish
3 entries- papirus noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
- papirus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Portuguese
3 entries- papiro noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiro noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Romanian
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Russian
3 entries- папи́рус noun (plant in the sedge family)
- папи́рус noun (material made from this plant)
- папи́рус noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȁpirus noun (plant in the sedge family)
- pȁpirus noun (material made from this plant)
- pȁpirus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
- па̏пирус noun (plant in the sedge family)
Slovak
1 entries- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
Slovene
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Spanish
3 entries- papiro noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiro noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Swedish
3 entries- papyrus noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papyrus noun (material made from this plant)
- papyrus noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Tagalog
3 entries- papiro noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papiro noun (material made from this plant)
- papiro noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Tajik
1 entries- папирус noun (material made from this plant)
Thai
1 entries- พาไพรัส noun (material made from this plant)
Turkish
3 entries- papirüs noun (plant in the sedge family)
- papirüs noun (material made from this plant)
- papirüs noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Turkmen
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Ukrainian
3 entries- папі́рус noun (plant in the sedge family)
- папі́рус noun (material made from this plant)
- папі́рус noun (scroll or document written on this material)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- papjerowc noun (plant in the sedge family)
Urdu
1 entries- پپیرس noun (material made from this plant)
Uyghur
1 entries- پاپىرۇس noun (material made from this plant)
Uzbek
1 entries- papirus noun (material made from this plant)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cói noun (plant in the sedge family)
- giấy cói noun (material made from this plant)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The flatbread, likely unleavened and somewhat resembling pita bread, was fashioned from wild cereals such as barley, einkorn or oats, as well as tubers from an aquatic papyrus relative, that had been ground into flour.
Source: tatoeba (7000283)
Phoenician literature, written on papyrus, has mostly been lost to time and the elements.
Source: tatoeba (10104643)
Archaeologists found a papyrus scroll in the ruins.
Source: tatoeba (10108078)
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