"picture book" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: picture books [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} picture book (plural picture books)
  1. A book for young children in which the narrative is accompanied by illustrations. Wikipedia link: picture book Categories (topical): Books Synonyms: picturebook Translations (a book for young children with illustrations): 繪本 (Chinese Mandarin), 绘本 (huìběn) (Chinese Mandarin), 連環畫 (Chinese Mandarin), 连环画 (liánhuánhuà) (english: Chinese picture storybook) (Chinese Mandarin), 圖畫書 (Chinese Mandarin), 图画书 (túhuàshū) (Chinese Mandarin), 小兒書 (Chinese Mandarin), 小儿书 (xiǎo'érshū) (Chinese Mandarin), billedbog [common-gender] (Danish), prentenboek [neuter] (Dutch), myndabók [feminine] (Faroese), kuvakirja (Finnish), livre d’image [masculine] (French), Bilderbuch [neuter] (German), képeskönyv (Hungarian), libro illustrato [masculine] (Italian), 絵本 (ehon) (alt: えほん) (Japanese), 그림책 (geurimchaek) (Korean), billedbok [common-gender, feminine] (Norwegian), książka obrazkowa [feminine] (Polish), livro ilustrado [masculine] (Portuguese), livro de figuras [masculine] (Portuguese), кни́жка с карти́нками (knížka s kartínkami) [feminine] (Russian), сликовница (slikovnica) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), libro ilustrado [masculine] (Spanish), bilderbok [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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      "word": "Bilderbuch"
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
      "word": "képeskönyv"
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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      "word": "絵本"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a book for young children with illustrations",
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