Parchment

Noun

 * 1) A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat  or other animal, used like paper for writing.
 * 2) A document made on such material.
 * 3) A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
 * 4) Stiff paper imitating that material.
 * 5) The creamy to tanned color of parchment

Synonyms

 * (paper) vegetal parchment

Adjectives for Parchment
worthy; yellowed; valuable.

Thesaurus
article, autograph, biscuit, blank, bone, brainchild, bubble, china, chirograph, codex, composition, computer printout, copy, cracker, docket, document, dossier, draft, dust, edited version, eggshell, engrossment, essay, fair copy, fiction, file, final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy, form, glass, glass house, holograph, house of cards, ice, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, legal paper, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, lucubration, manuscript, matchwood, matter, mummy, nonfiction, official document, old paper, opus, original, palimpsest, paper, papers, papyrus, penscript, personal file, piece, piece of writing, piecrust, play, poem, printed matter, printout, production, reading matter, recension, roll, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, stick, the written word, transcript, transcription, typescript, version, work, writ, writing

Etymology
From parchement:, from  parchemin:, via  pergamīna: from  Περγαμηνός:, which is named for the Ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus.

Translations

 * Armenian: մագաղաթ
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 * Italian: pergamena
 * Portuguese: pergaminho
 * Romanian: pergament
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 * Armenian: մագաղաթ (magaġat')
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 * Greek:
 * Italian: pergamena
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 * ''(only specific material-related terms, not mere synonyms of diploma)


 * Dutch: bul, ezelsvel


 * French:
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 * Dutch: perkamentpapier
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 * French:
 * Russian: пергаментная бумага


 * Dutch: perkamentkleur


 * : pergament, veläng