vellum

vellum

See also: velum

English

Etymology

From Old French velin (French vélin), from vel (“veal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛləm/

Noun

vellum (countable and uncountable, plural vellums)

1. A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
2. A writing paper of very high quality.

Translations

type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf

Chinese: Mandarin: 上等犊皮纸 Esperanto: veleno (eo) Finnish: pergamentti (fi), veliini (fi) French: vélin (fr) m Georgian: პერგამენტი (ṗergamenṭi), ცვილულა (cvilula) Interlingua: vitellino Irish: párpháipéar m

Italian: pergamena (it) f, cartapecora (it) f, membrana (it) f, vello (it) m Japanese: 上質皮紙 (jōshitsuhishi), ベラム (beramu) Portuguese: velino (pt) m Russian: перга́мент (ru) (pergáment) Spanish: vitela (es) Turkish: tirşe (tr), tirşe taklidi kağıt Volapük: pigmin (vo)

writing paper of very high quality

Finnish: silopaperi French: vélin (fr) m German: Pergement n, Velin n Irish: párpháipéar m

Japanese: ベラム紙 (beramushi), ベラム (beramu) Swedish: veläng n Turkish: parşömen (tr), parşömen kağıdı

See also

• bookfell
• parchment

Anagrams

• mulvel

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Icelandic

Noun

vellum f

1. indefinite dative plural of vella

Verb

vellum

1. first-person plural present indicative of vella
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of vella

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Old Norse

Noun

vellum

1. dative plural of vell
2. dative plural of vella

Verb

vellum

1. inflection of vella
   1. first-person plural present indicative of vella
   2. first-person plural imperative of vella