wordbook

English

Etymology

1590, from word +‎ book. Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝdˌbʊk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːdˌbʊk/

Noun

wordbook (plural wordbooks)

A reference book that lists words.
Hyponyms: dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus, vocabulary

Coordinate terms: glossary, wordlist
The libretto of an opera.

Related terms

Translations

dictionary — see dictionary

lexicon — see lexicon

libretto — see libretto

See also

Anagrams

book word, book-word

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