Dictionary

notepaper en · NOUN

Etymology

From note + paper.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.
   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’. 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
   • I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (5)

pl mały papier listowy (paper for writing notes or letters) · hu levélpapír (paper for writing notes or letters) · ga páipéar litreacha (paper for writing notes or letters) · cs dopisní papír (paper for writing notes or letters) · bg хартия за писма (paper for writing notes or letters)