paperwork

English

Etymology

paper +‎ work

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/, /ˈpeɪ.pɚ.wɚk/

Noun

paperwork (uncountable)

routine work involving written documents
written documents
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.

Synonyms

Translations

work involving written documents

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: paperassa f, paperada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文書工作, 文书工作 (wénshū gōngzuò), 公文處理, 公文处理 (gōngwén chǔlǐ)
Esperanto: paperoj (eo) pl
Finnish: paperityöt, paperisota (fi)
French: tâches administratives f pl
German: Schreibarbeit f
Japanese: 事務処理 (じむしょり, jimushori), 文書業務 (もんじょぎょうむ, monjo gyōmu)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can

Korean: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: papirarbeid n

Nynorsk: papirarbeid n
Portuguese: papelada (pt) f
Russian: канцеля́рская рабо́та f (kanceljárskaja rabóta), делопроизво́дство (ru) n (deloproizvódstvo)
Spanish: papeleo (es) m
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

written documents

excessive paperwork

Persian: کاغذبازی‎‎ (fa) (kâğaz-bâzi)

References

“paperwork” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
“paperwork” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2018.

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