photopaper en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros)bor. Latin papȳrusslbor. Old Catalan paperbor. Anglo-Norman paperbor. Middle English paper English paper English photopaper From photo + paper.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Photographic paper; paper coated with light-sensitive chemicals, used for making photographic prints on traditional film cameras.
Now online photo services are offering an upgrade to the humble photopaper card — by selling fancy, folded cards that can display as many as 10 digital snapshots on glossy, high-quality paper stock.
2007 October 14, Anne Eisenberg, “When a Greeting Card Becomes a Photo Album”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| photopapers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| photo paper | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (23)
uk фотопапі́р (paper for photographic prints) · sv fotopapper (paper for photographic prints) · ja 印画紙 (paper for photographic prints) · lv fotopapīrs (paper for photographic prints) · de Photopapier (paper for photographic prints) · pl papier fotograficzny (paper for photographic prints) · ko 인화지 (paper for photographic prints) · vi giấy ảnh (paper for photographic prints) · hu fotópapír (paper for photographic prints) · cmn 照相紙 /照相纸 (paper for photographic prints) · be фотапапе́ра (paper for photographic prints) · et fotopaber (paper for photographic prints) · cmn 感光紙 /感光纸 (paper for photographic prints) · bg фотохарти́я (paper for photographic prints) · ru фотобума́га (paper for photographic prints) · fr papier photographique (paper for photographic prints) · nn fotopapir (paper for photographic prints) · pt papel fotográfico (paper for photographic prints) · cmn 相紙 /相纸 (paper for photographic prints) · lt fotopõpierius (paper for photographic prints) · ko 감광지 (paper for photographic prints) · fi valokuvapaperi (paper for photographic prints) · nb fotopapir (paper for photographic prints)