Book
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English
Pronunciation
- bo͝ok, /bʊk/, /bUk/
Etymology
From Middle English bok, from Old English bōc. Of the same origin as the word beech.
Noun
book (plural books)
- Sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge. If blank sheets of paper this is commonly referred to as a notebook, however most books are printed material.
- A long document stored (as on computer) which will become a book.
records of betting-"a book is kept". Derives from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet.
- A convenient collection of small paper items for use individually - "a book of stamps", "a book of raffle tickets".
- A major division of a published work (larger than a chapter), commonly an academic publication or the Bible.
- The script to a musical.
- (usually in plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
Verb
book in
- Make a reservation for, as with hotel bookings.
book
- (Colloquial) Fine for a minor legal infringement (I got booked for speeding).
Translations
- Arabic: كتاب (kitaab)
- Breton: levr m -ioù (1)
- Bulgarian: книга (kniga) f (1)
- Catalan: llibre n
- Chinese: 书 (shū)
- Czech: kniha f
- Danish: bog
- Dutch: boek n
- Esperanto: libro
- Finnish: kirja
- French: livre m (1)
- Frisian: boek n
- German: Buch n
- Gothic: boka
- Greek: βιβλίο n
- Guarani: kuatia ñe'ẽ
- Hebrew: ספר
- Hungarian: könyv
- Ido: libro
- Indonesian: buku, kitab
- Interlingua: libro
- Irish: leabhar
- Italian: libro m (1)
- Japanese: 本 (ほん, hon) (1)
- Korean: 책 (冊, chaek)
- Latin: liber m
- Lithuanian: knyga f (1, 2)
- Low Saxon: Book
- Manchu: bithe
- Mongolian: ном (nom)
- Old English: boc
- Persian: كِتاب (ketāb)
- Polish: książka f
- Portuguese: livro m
- Romanian: carte f
- Romanica: libro m
- Russian: книга f
- Slovak: kniha f (1, 5)
- Slovene: knjiga f
- Spanish: libro m
- Swedish: bok
- Tagalog: libro, aklat
- Turkish: kitap
- Tupinambá: papera
- Volapük: buk
- Vietnamese: sách
- Welsh: llyfr
See also
Derivatives
Transitive verb
book, books, booking, booked
- Reserve (something) for future use.
- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can book tickets for the concert next week
- Penalise (someone) (for an offence).
- The police booked him for driving too fast
- (slang) To travel very quickly.
- He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
Translations
- Bulgarian: запазвам (1)
- Dutch: boeken, reserveren, bestellen, inrekenen, arresteren, ten laste leggen
- Czech: rezervovat, zarezervovat
- Esperanto: rezervi
- French: réserver (1)
- German: buchen, reservieren (1),
- Indonesian: pesan (1)
- Interlingua: reservar (1)
- Italian: riservare (1)
- Japanese: 予約する (よやくする, yoyaku suru) (1)
- Korean: 예약하다 [豫約-] (yeyakhada) (1)
- Polish: rezerwować, zarezerwować (1), karać, ukarać (2)
- Portuguese: reservar (1), marcar (2), multar (2)
- Romanica: reservar (1)
- Russian: забронировать (1)
- Slovak: rezervovať (1), zarezervovať (1)
- Spanish: reservar (1)
- Swedish: boka (1)
- Turkish: reservasyon (1), yer ayırma (1)
- Volapük: resärfön (1)
Synonyms
- (1): reserve
- (2): penalise, penalize
External link
- Wikipedia article on books
