Meanings
nountracing paper (countable and uncountable, plural tracing papers)
plural tracing papers
- countableuncountableA translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.
Someone tore open the oiled silk covering and spread out the contents. Six sheets of fine tracing paper, each covered with signs and drawings, were disclosed.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLCSynonyms: fodder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.
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Translations
Arabic وَرَق إِسْتِشْفاف
- وَرَق إِسْتِشْفاف (waraq ʔistišfāf)translucent paper
Bulgarian трасираща хартия
- трасираща хартия (trasirašta hartija)translucent paper
Chinese Mandarin 透寫紙 /透写纸, 描圖紙 /描图纸
- 透寫紙 /透写纸 (tòuxiězhǐ)translucent paper
- 描圖紙 /描图纸 (miáotúzhǐ)translucent paper
Czech pauzírovací papír, pauzírák
- pauzírovací papírtranslucent paper
- pauzíráktranslucent paper
Finnish kuultopaperi
- kuultopaperitranslucent paper
French papier calque
- papier calquetranslucent paper
German Pauspapier, Transparentpapier
- Pauspapiertranslucent paper
- Transparentpapiertranslucent paper
Hungarian pauszpapír
- pauszpapírtranslucent paper
Indonesian kalkir
- kalkirtranslucent paper
Irish rianpháipéar, páipéar rianúcháin
- rianpháipéartranslucent paper
- páipéar rianúcháintranslucent paper
Japanese トレーシングペーパー, 透写紙
- トレーシングペーパー (torēshingupēpā)translucent paper
- 透写紙 (tōshashi)translucent paper
Korean 트레이싱 페이퍼, 투사지
- 트레이싱 페이퍼 (teureising peipeo)translucent paper
- 투사지 (tusaji)translucent paper
Malay kertas surih
- kertas surihtranslucent paper
Polish kalka techniczna
- kalka technicznatranslucent paper
Romanian hârtie de calc
- hârtie de calctranslucent paper
Russian ка́лька
- ка́лька (kálʹka)translucent paper
Spanish papel de calco, papel de calcar
- papel de calcotranslucent paper
- papel de calcartranslucent paper
Swedish kalkerpapper
- kalkerpappertranslucent paper
Ukrainian калька
- калька (kalʹka)translucent paper
Cite this entry
APA
tracing paper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracing%20paper
MLA
“tracing paper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracing%20paper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tracing paper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracing%20paper.
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