"hardcover" meaning in English

See hardcover in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hardcover.wav [US]
Etymology: hard + cover Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hard|cover}} hard + cover Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hardcover (not comparable)
  1. (of a book) Having a rigid binding. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Books Synonyms: hardback Related terms: paperback Translations (of a book: having a rigid binding): rigidkovrila (Esperanto), kovakantinen (Finnish), relié (French), de pasta dura (Galician), gebunden (German), σκληρόδετος (skliródetos) [masculine] (Greek), kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás (Hungarian), cartonat (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-hardcover-en-adj-AUudonEa Disambiguation of Books: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hardcover.wav [US] Forms: hardcovers [plural]
Etymology: hard + cover Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hard|cover}} hard + cover Head templates: {{en-noun}} hardcover (plural hardcovers)
  1. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather. Translations (a book with a rigid binding): livre relié [masculine] (French), pasta dura [feminine] (Galician), gebundenes Buch [neuter] (German), gebundene Ausgabe [feminine] (German), σκληρόδετο βιβλίο (skliródeto vivlío) [neuter] (Greek), kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás könyv (Hungarian), copertina rigida [feminine] (Italian), libro con copertina rigida [masculine] (Italian), capa dura [feminine] (Portuguese), còmhdach cruaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tapa dura [feminine] (Spanish), cartoné [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hardcover-en-noun-ktulhFKa

Inflected forms

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