"wordbook" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɝdˌbʊk/ [US], /ˈwɜːdˌbʊk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: wordbooks [plural]
Etymology: 1590, from word + book. Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|word|book}} word + book, {{cog|fy|wurdboek||dictionary}} West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), {{cog|nds-de|Woordenbook}} German Low German Woordenbook, {{cog|nl|woordenboek||dictionary}} Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), {{cog|de|Wörterbuch||dictionary}} German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), {{cog|da|ordbog||dictionary}} Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), {{cog|sv|ordbok||dictionary}} Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wordbook (plural wordbooks)
  1. A reference book that lists words. Hyponyms (reference book): dictionary
    Sense id: en-wordbook-en-noun-~UqZ6BZz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'reference book': 98 2
  2. The libretto of an opera.
    Sense id: en-wordbook-en-noun-56aq4a0o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wordfinding, wordlore, terminography, terminology

Inflected forms

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