sandpaper

sandpaper

English

Etymology

sand +‎ paper

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/

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Noun

sandpaper (usually uncountable, plural sandpapers)

1. A strong paper coated with sand, ground glass, or other abrasive material for smoothing and polishing.
2. A sheet of such paper.

Synonyms

• sanding paper

Derived terms

• liquid sandpaper

Translations

paper coated with abrasive material

Arabic: ورق زجاج‎ (waraq zujaj) Armenian: հղկաթուղթ (hy) (hłkatʿułtʿ), շուշաթուղթ (šušatʿułtʿ) (colloquial) Assamese: পালিচ কাগজ (palis kagoz), চিৰিচ কাগজ (siris kagoz) Azerbaijani: zımpara Bengali: শিরিষ-কাগজ (śiriṣ-kagôjô) Bulgarian: шкурка (škurka) Catalan: paper de vidre Chinese: Mandarin: 砂紙／砂纸 (zh) (shāzhǐ) Czech: smirkový papír (cs) m Danish: sandpapir n Dutch: schuurpapier (nl) n Esperanto: sablopapero Finnish: hiomapaperi (fi) French: papier de verre (fr) m, papier à poncer m Galician: lixa f Georgian: ზუმფარა (zumpara) German: Schleifpapier (de) n, Schmirgelpapier (de) n, Sandpapier (de) n Greek: γυαλόχαρτο (el) m (gyalócharto) Gujarati: રેતિયો કાગળ (retiyo kāgaḷ) Hebrew: נְיַר לֶטֶשׁ‎ (he) m (nyar letesh) Hungarian: csiszolópapír (hu), dörzspapír (hu), smirgli (hu), smirglipapír Icelandic: sandpappír m Indonesian: ampelas (id) Italian: carta vetrata (it) f Japanese: 研磨紙 (けんまし, kenmashi), サンドペーパー (sandopēpā), 紙鑢 (かみやすり, kamiyasuri) Khmer: ក្រដាសខ្សាច់ (krɑdaah khsac) Korean: 사포 (ko) (sapo) Latin: harenae charta Latvian: smilšpapīrs Lithuanian: švitrinis popierius Luxembourgish: Sandpapier f Macedonian: шмиргла f (šmirgla) Malay: ampelas Maori: pepa whakamaene Mongolian: зүлгүүр (mn) (zülgüür) Norman: papi tîmbré m Norwegian: Bokmål: sandpapir n Nynorsk: sandpapir n Plautdietsch: Schiapapia n, Sauntpapia n Polish: papier ścierny (pl) m, szmergiel (pl) m Portuguese: lixa (pt) f Romanian: șmirghel (ro) n Russian: нажда́чная бума́га (ru) f (naždáčnaja bumága), нажда́чка (ru) f (naždáčka) (colloquial), шку́рка (ru) f (škúrka) (colloquial), шлифова́льная бума́га f (šlifoválʹnaja bumága) Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-gainmhich m Slovak: brúsny papier m Spanish: lija (es) f, papel de lija m Swahili: msasa (sw) Swedish: sandpapper (sv) n, slippapper (sv) n Tagalog: liha (tl) Tausug: gigidgid Thai: กระดาษทราย (th) (grà-dàat-saai) Tibetan: ཀོ་སག (ko sag) Turkish: zımpara (tr) Ukrainian: нажда́чний папі́р m (naždáčnyj papír) Vietnamese: giấy nhám (vi)

a sheet

Estonian: lihvimisleht Finnish: hioma-arkki German: Schleifpapierbogen Gujarati: રેતિયો કાગળ (retiyo kāgaḷ) Latvian: slīpēšanas loksne Lithuanian: šlifavimo lakštas Norwegian: sandpapir n, slipeark Portuguese: lixa (pt) f Russian: лист (ru) m (list) Swedish: sandpapper (sv) n, slipark n

Verb

sandpaper (third-person singular simple present sandpapers, present participle sandpapering, simple past and past participle sandpapered)

1. (transitive) To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper.

Synonyms

• buff out
• sand, sand down

Translations

to polish or grind a surface

Bulgarian: шкуря (škurja) Catalan: escatar (ca) Finnish: hioa (fi) French: poncer (fr) German: abschleifen (de), abschmirgeln (de) Hungarian: csiszol (hu), lecsiszol (hu) Italian: scartavetrare Korean: 사포로 닦다 (saporo dakda) Macedonian: шмиргла (šmirgla) Norwegian: slipe Portuguese: lixar (pt) f Russian: шлифова́ть (ru) (šlifovátʹ) (нажда́чной бума́гой), шку́рить (ru) (škúritʹ) (нажда́чной бума́гой) Spanish: lijar (es) Swedish: sandpappra (sv)