wordbook

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝdˌbʊk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːdˌbʊk/

Noun

wordbook (plural wordbooks)

1. A reference book that lists words.
2. The libretto of an opera.

Hyponyms

• (reference book): See Thesaurus:dictionary

Related terms

• wordfinding
• wordlore

Translations

dictionary — see dictionary

lexicon — see lexicon

libretto — see libretto

See also

• terminography
• terminology

Anagrams

• book word, book-word