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Wallpaper

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Noun

wallpaper (uncountable)

  1. A decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
  2. (computing) An image used to cover and thereby personalize a desktop .

Translations

decorative paper for walls

  • Breton : paper-moger m
  • Catalan: paper m, paper pintat , paper d'empaperar
  • Dutch: behangpapier n
  • Estonian: tapeet
  • Finnish: tapetti
  • French: papier peint m
  • : Tapete f
  • Hebrew:
    • טפט (Ta'pet) m
    • טפיטי נייר
    • נְייָר־קִיר
  • Italian: carta da parati f
  • Polish: tapeta f
  • Portuguese: papel de parede
  • Spanish: papel pintado m
  • Swedish: tapet c

computing: image used to cover a desktop

  • : Hintergrundbild n, Wallpaper

Transitive verb

to wallpaper (wallpapering, wallpapered, wallpapered)

  1. To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.

Synonyms

  • (cover with wallpaper): paper

Translations

cover with wallpaper

  • Dutch: behangen
  • Estonian: tapetseerima , tapeetima , tapeediga katma
  • Finnish: tapetoida
  • French: (wall) tapisser ; (room) tapisser
  • German: tapezieren
  • Polish: tapetować
  • Swedish: tapetsera

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