"biblio-" meaning in English

See biblio- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet, small book”) or its descendant Latin Biblia (“the Bible”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|βιβλίον||paper, document, tablet, small book}} Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet, small book”), {{der|en|la|Biblia|t=the Bible}} Latin Biblia (“the Bible”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} biblio-, {{en-prefix}} biblio-
  1. book Tags: morpheme Synonyms (book): libro- Translations (relating to books): biblio- (French), bibli- (Irish), biblio- (Italian), biblio- (Polish), biblio- (Portuguese), biblio- (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-biblio--en-prefix-knGf4M-M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'book': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'relating to books': 92 8
  2. Bible Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-biblio--en-prefix-uKa5cEno Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bibliographer, bibliographic, bibliography, bibliology, bibliomancy, bibliophile
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