"bookcase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈbʊʔk̚keɪs] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bookcase.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bookcases [plural]
Etymology: book + case Etymology templates: {{compound|en|book|case}} book + case Head templates: {{en-noun}} bookcase (plural bookcases)
  1. A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books. Categories (topical): Furniture Synonyms: bookpress, book-case [archaic] Derived forms: public bookcase Related terms: bookshelf Translations (furniture displaying books): raft librash (Albanian), πῆγμα (pêgma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مَكْتَبَة (maktaba) [feminine] (Arabic), خِزَانَة اَلْكُتُب (ḵizānat al-kutub) [feminine] (Arabic), مَكْتَبة (maktaba) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), գրապահարան (grapaharan) (Armenian), liburutegi (Basque), кніжная шафа (knižnaja šafa) [feminine] (Belarusian), библиоте́ка (bibliotéka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), prestatgeria [feminine] (Catalan), 書架 (Chinese Mandarin), 书架 (shūjià) (Chinese Mandarin), 書櫥 (Chinese Mandarin), 书橱 (shūchú) (Chinese Mandarin), knihovna [feminine] (Czech), bogreol (Danish), bogskab [common-gender] (Danish), boekenkast [common-gender] (Dutch), libroŝranko (Esperanto), librobretaro (Esperanto), bretaro (Esperanto), raamatukapp (Estonian), raamaturiiul (Estonian), kirjakaappi (Finnish), kirjahylly (Finnish), bibliothèque [feminine] (French), ბიბლიოთეკა (biblioteḳa) (Georgian), წიგნის თარო (c̣ignis taro) (Georgian), Bücherregal [neuter] (German), βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki) [feminine] (Greek), ארון ספרים (aron sfarym) [masculine] (Hebrew), könyvszekrény (Hungarian), bókaskápur [masculine] (Icelandic), biblioteko (Ido), rak buku (Indonesian), lemari buku (Indonesian), libreria [feminine] (Italian), 本棚 (hondana) (alt: ほんだな) (Japanese), ទូសៀវភៅ (tuu siǝv pʰɨv) (Khmer), 책장 (chaekjang) (Korean), ຕູ້ໜັງສື (tū nang sư̄) (Lao), ຕູ້ພັບ (tū phap) [dialectal] (Lao), ຮ້ານ (hān) (Lao), ຫິ້ງ (hing) (Lao), ຕູ້ (tū) (Lao), ຂາກະເຍັຽ (khā ka nyīa) (Lao), librarium [neuter] (Latin), librarius [masculine] (Latin), pluteus [masculine] (Latin), grāmatu skapis [masculine] (Latvian), grāmatskapis [masculine] (Latvian), knygų spinta [feminine] (Lithuanian), ᦠᦱᧂᧉᦗᦸᧇ (ḣaang²poab) (), библиотека (biblioteka) [feminine] (Macedonian), rak buku (Malay), almari buku (Malay), kishtey lioar [masculine] (Manx), bibliothèque [feminine] (Norman), bokhylle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), كتبخانه (kütübhâne) (Ottoman Turkish), قفسه کتاب (qafase-ye ketâb) (Persian), Buakschaup [neuter] (Plautdietsch), biblioteczka [feminine] (Polish), biblioteka [feminine] (Polish), regał [masculine] (Polish), estante [feminine] (Portuguese), bibliotecă [feminine] (Romanian), кни́жный шкаф (knížnyj škaf) [masculine] (Russian), этаже́рка (etažérka) [feminine] (Russian), библиотека [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), полица за књиге [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), biblioteka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polica za knjige [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), knižnica [feminine] (Slovak), knjižna polica [feminine] (Slovene), estantería [feminine] (Spanish), librero [masculine] (Spanish), biblioteca [feminine] (Spanish), bokhylla [common-gender] (Swedish), bokskåp [neuter] (Swedish), ตู้หนังสือ (dtûu-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) (Thai), ชั้นหนังสือ (chán-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) (Thai), kitaplık (Turkish), книжко́ва ша́фа (knyžkóva šáfa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tủ sách (Vietnamese)

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          "word": "prestatgeria"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "書架"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "书架"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "書櫥"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shūchú",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "书橱"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "librobretaro"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "bretaro"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "raamatukapp"
        },
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "raamaturiiul"
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          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "roman": "biblioteḳa",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ბიბლიოთეკა"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣ignis taro",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "წიგნის თარო"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Bücherregal"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vivliothíki",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "βιβλιοθήκη"
        },
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pêgma",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πῆγμα"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "aron sfarym",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ארון ספרים"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "könyvszekrény"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bókaskápur"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "biblioteko"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "rak buku"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "lemari buku"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "libreria"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ほんだな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hondana",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "本棚"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tuu siǝv pʰɨv",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ទូសៀវភៅ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chaekjang",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "책장"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "tū nang sư̄",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ຕູ້ໜັງສື"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "tū phap",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "ຕູ້ພັບ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "hān",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ຮ້ານ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "hing",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ຫິ້ງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "tū",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ຕູ້"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "khā ka nyīa",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ຂາກະເຍັຽ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "librarium"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "librarius"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pluteus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grāmatu skapis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grāmatskapis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "knygų spinta"
        },
        {
          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "ḣaang²poab",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ᦠᦱᧂᧉᦗᦸᧇ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "biblioteka",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "библиотека"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "rak buku"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "almari buku"
        },
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kishtey lioar"
        },
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bibliothèque"
        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bokhylle"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kütübhâne",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "كتبخانه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qafase-ye ketâb",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "قفسه کتاب"
        },
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Buakschaup"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biblioteczka"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biblioteka"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "regał"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "estante"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bibliotecă"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "knížnyj škaf",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кни́жный шкаф"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "etažérka",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "этаже́рка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "библиотека"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "полица за књиге"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biblioteka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "polica za knjige"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "sl",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
          "word": "ตู้หนังสือ"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "furniture displaying books",
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        }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
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        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "raft librash"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maktaba",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتَبَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵizānat al-kutub",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خِزَانَة اَلْكُتُب"
    },
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      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maktaba",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتَبة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grapaharan",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "գրապահարան"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "liburutegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "knižnaja šafa",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кніжная шафа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bibliotéka",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "библиоте́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prestatgeria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "書架"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūjià",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "书架"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "書櫥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūchú",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "书橱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knihovna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "bogreol"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bogskab"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "boekenkast"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "libroŝranko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "librobretaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "bretaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "raamatukapp"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "raamaturiiul"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "kirjakaappi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "kirjahylly"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bibliothèque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "biblioteḳa",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ბიბლიოთეკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣ignis taro",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "წიგნის თარო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bücherregal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vivliothíki",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βιβλιοθήκη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pêgma",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πῆγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "aron sfarym",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ארון ספרים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "könyvszekrény"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bókaskápur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "biblioteko"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "rak buku"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "lemari buku"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libreria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほんだな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hondana",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "本棚"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tuu siǝv pʰɨv",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ទូសៀវភៅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chaekjang",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "책장"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tū nang sư̄",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ຕູ້ໜັງສື"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tū phap",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "ຕູ້ພັບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hān",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ຮ້ານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hing",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ຫິ້ງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tū",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ຕູ້"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khā ka nyīa",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ຂາກະເຍັຽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "librarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "librarius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluteus"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grāmatu skapis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grāmatskapis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knygų spinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "ḣaang²poab",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ᦠᦱᧂᧉᦗᦸᧇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "biblioteka",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "библиотека"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "rak buku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "almari buku"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kishtey lioar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bibliothèque"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bokhylle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kütübhâne",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "كتبخانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qafase-ye ketâb",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "قفسه کتاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Buakschaup"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biblioteczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biblioteka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bibliotecă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knížnyj škaf",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кни́жный шкаф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etažérka",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "этаже́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "библиотека"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полица за књиге"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biblioteka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polica za knjige"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knižnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knjižna polica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estantería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "librero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biblioteca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bokhylla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bokskåp"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtûu-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ตู้หนังสือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chán-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "ชั้นหนังสือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "kitaplık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knyžkóva šáfa",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "книжко́ва ша́фа"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "furniture displaying books",
      "word": "tủ sách"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bookcase"
}

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