parchment

CEFRB2

/ˈpɑːtʃmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Writing material made from treated animal skin.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).

Examples

  • Swallows fill the parchment of the sky with signatures in honor of the good weather.

  • You didn't tell me what you wrote on the parchment.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A document made on such material.

  2. Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

  3. Stiff paper imitating that material.

More examples

In context

  • Never found Hattie and they never found the shack Never made the trip back in There was a parchment note they found tacked to a stump Said: Don't come lookin' again.

  • At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

Synonyms

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The medieval scribe carefully wrote on a sheet of blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English parchemyn, parchement, from Old French parchemin, via Latin pergamīna, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós, “of Pergamon”), which is named for the ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus. Cognate with Danish pergament, Dutch perkament, French parchemin, German Pergament, Greek περγαμηνή (pergaminí), Italian pergamena, Norwegian pergament, Portuguese pergaminho, Galician pergameo, Romanian pergament, Russian пергамент (pergament), Spanish pergamino, and Swedish pergament.