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papyri

/pəˈpaɪˌɹaɪ/

papyri is the plural of papyrus.

Meaning of papyrus

Noun

papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)

  1. (usually) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
  2. (usually) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  3. (countable, usually) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

Questions about papyri

What is papyri the plural of?
Papyri is the plural of papyrus.
How do you pronounce papyri?
Papyri is pronounced /pəˈpaɪˌɹaɪ/.

Words near papyri in the dictionary

  1. Papworths
  2. papyr
  3. papyraceous
  4. papyral
  5. papyrean
  6. papyri
  7. papyrian
  8. papyric
  9. papyriferous
  10. papyriflavonol
  11. papyriform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papyri (page history and authors); papyrus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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