"page-turner" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: page-turners [plural]
Etymology: From page + turner. Etymology templates: {{com|en|page|turner}} page + turner Head templates: {{en-noun}} page-turner (plural page-turners)
  1. (idiomatic) A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly. Tags: idiomatic Translations (suspenseful written work): lukunautinto (Finnish), Pageturner [masculine] (German), czytadło [neuter] (Polish), wciągająca książka [feminine] (Polish), bladvändare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-page-turner-en-noun-XMFlzZX- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 33 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 33 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 32 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 34 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 33 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 35 22 Disambiguation of 'suspenseful written work': 96 2 2
  2. (music) A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance. Categories (topical): Music Translations (person who turns another musician's pages): tourneur de pages [masculine] (French), tourneuse de pages [feminine] (French), Notenwender [masculine] (German), Notenumblätterer [masculine] (German), Umblätterer [masculine] (German), Seitenumblätterer [masculine] (German), voltapagine [feminine, masculine] (Italian), bladvändare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-page-turner-en-noun--Vyys2Xb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 47 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 35 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of "person who turns another musician's pages": 1 84 14
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page, turner.
    Sense id: en-page-turner-en-noun-fq8xzy0b Categories (other): Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 35 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pageturner Related terms: turn the page, cliffhanger

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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