rice paper

noun

A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.

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Meanings

nounrice paper (usually uncountable, plural rice papers)

plural rice papers

  1. uncountableusuallyA thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.

    I will scatter rice paper stars in your heaven If there are no stars ... If there are no stars ...

    1990, Ultraviolet, “Kites”, performed by Maria Nayler
  2. broadlyuncountableusuallyAny similar paper made from a plant other than rice, such as bamboo or mulberry.
  3. uncountableusuallyEdible sheets of rice often used in Vietnamese cooking; bánh tráng.

Translations

Catalan paper d'arròs
  • paper d'arròspaper made from parts of the rice plant
Chinese Mandarin 米紙 /米纸
  • 米紙 /米纸 (mǐzhǐ)paper made from parts of the rice plant
Estonian riisipaber
  • riisipaberpaper made from parts of the rice plant
Finnish riisipaperi
  • riisipaperipaper made from parts of the rice plant
French papier de riz
  • papier de rizpaper made from parts of the rice plant
German Reispapier
  • Reispapierpaper made from parts of the rice plant
Irish ríspháipéar
  • ríspháipéarpaper made from parts of the rice plant
Japanese ライスペーパー
  • ライスペーパー (raisu pēpā)paper made from parts of the rice plant
Korean 라이스 페이퍼, 반짱
  • 라이스 페이퍼 (raiseu peipeo)paper made from parts of the rice plant
  • 반짱 (banjjang)paper made from parts of the rice plant
Polish papier ryżowy, papier ryżowy
  • papier ryżowypaper made from parts of the rice plant
  • papier ryżowyedible sheets
Russian ри́совая бума́га
  • ри́совая бума́га (rísovaja bumága)paper made from parts of the rice plant
Swedish rispapper
  • rispapperpaper made from parts of the rice plant
Ukrainian рисовий папір
  • рисовий папір (rysovyj papir)paper made from parts of the rice plant
Vietnamese bánh tráng
  • bánh trángpaper made from parts of the rice plant
Welsh papur reis
  • papur reispaper made from parts of the rice plant
Cite this entry
APA

rice paper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20paper

MLA

“rice paper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20paper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rice paper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20paper.

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