• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːtʃmənt/

parchment

1. Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
   • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗:

     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: bookfell, membrane, vellum
2. A document made on such material.
3. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
4. Stiff paper imitating that material.

   Synonyms: vegetal parchment, parchment paper, wax paper

5. The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
6. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.

• French: parchemin
• German: Pergament
• Italian: pergamena, membrana, cartapecora, vello
• Portuguese: pergaminho
• Russian: перга́мент
• Spanish: pergamino

• German: Pergament
• Italian: pergamena
• Russian: перга́мент
• Spanish: pergamino

• French: parchemin

• French: vélin
• German: Pergamentpapier
• Russian: перга́ментная бума́га

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