"un trombone"= wrong! i am french and it is actually "le trombone" because paperclips are considered a female, because of the paper part
paper clip
le trombone
'paper' in french is 'papier'
Because it resembles the musical instrument.
Green paper would be 'papier vert' in French.
A stapler is called 'une agrafeuse' in French.
i came to learn not say
The paper clip was not discovered. It was invented.
The paper clip clings to the the magnet
The heading of a paper is " l'en-tête d'un papier " in French.
Une feuille de papier is a sheet of paper in French.