stationery

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UK/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/US/ˈsteɪʃənɛɹi/

noun

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

“We can pick up more paper and pens at the stationery store.”

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

stationery1

nounstationery (usually uncountable, plural stationeries)

plural stationeries

  1. uncountableusuallyWriting materials, envelopes, office materials.

    We can pick up more paper and pens at the stationery store.

    1 more example

    When the school year finished, he put all of his stationery away in the loft, as he would have no need for pencils and exercise books during the holidays.

stationery2

adjective
  1. misspellingMisspelling of stationary.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpaper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic قِرْطَاسِيَّة
  • قِرْطَاسِيَّة (qirṭāsiyya)writing materials
Bulgarian канцеларски материали
  • канцеларски материали (kancelarski materiali)writing materials
Catalan papereria
  • papereriawriting materials
Chinese Mandarin 文具
  • 文具 (wénjù)writing materials
Czech papírnictví, kancelářské potřeby
  • papírnictvíwriting materials
  • kancelářské potřebywriting materials
  • psací potřebywriting materials
Danish brevpapir, skrivepapir
  • brevpapirwriting materials
  • skrivepapirwriting materials
  • kontorartklerwriting materials
  • skrivesagerwriting materials
  • papirvarerwriting materials
Dutch schrijfbenodigdheden, schrijfgerei
  • schrijfbenodigdhedenwriting materials
  • schrijfgereiwriting materials
Finnish kirjoitusvälineet, kirjoitustarvikkeet
  • kirjoitusvälineetwriting materials
  • kirjoitustarvikkeetwriting materials
French papeterie
  • papeteriewriting materials
German Büromaterial, Schreibwaren
  • Büromaterialwriting materials
  • Schreibwarenwriting materials
Greek γραφική ύλη
  • γραφική ύλη (grafikí ýli)writing materials
Hindi लेखन-सामग्री
  • लेखन-सामग्री (lekhan-sāmagrī)writing materials
Hungarian papír-írószer, írószer
  • papír-írószerwriting materials
  • írószerwriting materials
  • papíráruwriting materials
  • irodaszerekwriting materials
  • nyomtatványokwriting materials
Indonesian alat tulis, alat tulis kantor
  • alat tuliswriting materials
  • alat tulis kantorwriting materials
Irish páipéarachas
  • páipéarachaswriting materials
Italian cancelleria
  • cancelleriawriting materials
Japanese 文房具, 文具
  • 文房具 (bunbōgu)writing materials
  • 文具 (bungu)writing materials
Korean 문방구, 문구
  • 문방구 (munbanggu)writing materials
  • 문구 (mun'gu)writing materials
Latvian rakstāmlietas, rakstāmpiederumi
  • rakstāmlietaswriting materials
  • rakstāmpiederumiwriting materials
Lithuanian biuro reikmenys
  • biuro reikmenyswriting materials
Malay alat tulis
  • alat tuliswriting materials
Māori rawatuhi, taonga tuhituhi
  • rawatuhiwriting materials
  • taonga tuhituhiwriting materials
Norwegian papirvarer, rekvisita
  • papirvarerwriting materials
  • rekvisitawriting materials
Persian نوشت افزار
  • نوشت افزار (nevešt-afzâr)writing materials
Polish artykuły papiernicze, artykuły biurowe
  • artykuły papierniczewriting materials
  • artykuły biurowewriting materials
  • papeteriawriting materials
Portuguese papelaria
  • papelariawriting materials
Romanian rechizite
  • rechizitewriting materials
Russian канцеля́рские това́ры, канцтова́ры
  • канцеля́рские това́ры (kanceljárskije továry)writing materials
  • канцтова́ры (kanctováry)writing materials
  • канцеля́рские принадле́жности (kanceljárskije prinadléžnosti)writing materials
Spanish papelería
  • papeleríawriting materials
Swedish kontorsmaterial
  • kontorsmaterialwriting materials
Turkish kırtasiye
  • kırtasiyewriting materials
Ukrainian канцтова́ри, канцеля́рські това́ри
  • канцтова́ри (kanctováry)writing materials
  • канцеля́рські това́ри (kanceljársʹki továry)writing materials
  • канцеля́рське прила́ддя (kanceljársʹke pryláddja)writing materials
  • канцеля́рія (kanceljárija)writing materials
Vietnamese văn phòng phẩm
  • văn phòng phẩmwriting materials

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APA

stationery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationery

MLA

“stationery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stationery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationery.

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