Meanings
nounwhite paper (plural white papers)
plural white papers · alternative whitepaper · alternative white-paper
- European UnionIrelandUKgovernmentA parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.
The report of the British Transport Commission to the Minister of Transport on its re-appraisal of the plan for the modernisation of British Railways has been published as a White Paper.
1959 August 28, “Re-appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 518
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 白皮書 /白皮书, 白皮書 /白皮书
- 白皮書 /白皮书 (báipíshū)marketing document
- 白皮書 /白皮书 (báipíshū)parliamentary document
Danish hvidbog, hvidbog
- hvidbogmarketing document
- hvidbogparliamentary document
Dutch witboek
- witboekparliamentary document
Finnish valkoinen kirja, white paper
- valkoinen kirjamarketing document
- white papermarketing document
- valkoinen kirjaparliamentary document
French livre blanc, livre blanc
- livre blancmarketing document
- livre blancparliamentary document
German Weißbuch, Whitepaper
- Weißbuchmarketing document
- Whitepapermarketing document
- Weißbuchparliamentary document
Hungarian fehér könyv, fehér könyv
- fehér könyvmarketing document
- fehér könyvparliamentary document
Indonesian buku putih
- buku putihparliamentary document
Irish Páipéar Bán
- Páipéar Bánparliamentary document
Italian libro bianco, libro bianco
- libro biancomarketing document
- libro biancoparliamentary document
Japanese 白書, ホワイトペーパー
- 白書 (hakusho)marketing document
- ホワイトペーパー (howaito-pēpā)marketing document
- 白書 (hakusho)parliamentary document
Korean 백서
- 백서 (baekseo)parliamentary document
Malay kertas putih
- kertas putihparliamentary document
Norwegian Bokmål hvitbok
- hvitbokmarketing document
Polish biała księga, biała księga
- biała księgamarketing document
- biała księgaparliamentary document
Portuguese livro branco
- livro brancoparliamentary document
Romanian carte albă
- carte albăparliamentary document
Russian бе́лая кни́га, бе́лая кни́га
- бе́лая кни́га (bélaja kníga)marketing document
- бе́лая кни́га (bélaja kníga)parliamentary document
Swedish vitbok, vitbok
- vitbokmarketing document
- vitbokparliamentary document
Cite this entry
APA
white paper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20paper
MLA
“white paper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20paper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white paper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20paper.
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