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.

   Hyponyms: dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus, vocabulary

   Coordinate terms: glossary, wordlist

2. The libretto of an opera.

Related terms

• wordfinding
• wordlore

 

Translations

dictionary — see dictionary

lexicon — see lexicon

libretto — see libretto

See also

• terminography
• terminology

 

Anagrams

• book word, book-word