wax paper

See also: waxpaper

English

wax paper (countable and uncountable, plural wax papers)

A semitranslucent, moistureproof paper made with a waxy coating, used primarily for wrapping and packaging.
- 1989 August 12, Sarah Schulman, “A Black Person Is More Than Nikes And Public Enemy”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 10:
  Even Sal's Pizzeria looks like a gentrified invention from Brooklyn Heights. Where's the greasy wax paper on the floor and the spilled Orange Crush on the plastic seats?

semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating

Arabic: وَرَق شَمْع m (waraq šamʕ), مُهْرَق m (muhraq)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: paper encerat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠟紙 / 蜡纸 (zh) (làzhǐ)
Czech: voskovaný papír m, voskový papír m
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: voipaperi (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Ölpapier (de) n, Wachspapier n
Greek: κερωμένο χαρτί n (keroméno chartí)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Irish: páipéar céarach m
Japanese: 蝋紙 (ろうがみ, rōgami)
Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maori: pepa wākiha
Romanian: hârtie cerată (ro) f
Russian: воща́нка (ru) f (voščánka), вощённая бума́га f (voščónnaja bumága)
Spanish: papel encerado m (Spain, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico); papel manteca m (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela); papel de cera m (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador)
Swedish: smörgåspapper n, smörpapper n
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: giấy sáp (vi), giấy nến
Welsh: papur cwyr m